heck-care

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Singapore/ˈhɛk ˌkɛː/

heck-care adjective: having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.

Adjective

heck-care (not comparable)

(Singapore) Having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.
- Some students have a heck-care attitude towards their studies.
- Okay, being heck-care about how you look doesn't mean you'll end up looking like this. But that doesn't mean it's all right to be heck-care.1998 September 8, The New Paper

THEY may look like "heck-care" young punks who hang out at Harajuku, but their powerful music is serious stuff., “Spreading like wildfire: Dragon Ash”, in The New Paper, page 35:
The "heck-care" attitude ignores the fact that using a handphone while driving could distract a driver's attention and cause a serious accident.2005, David Leo, Life's so like dat, page 73:
This burden of responsibility is behind motorists' frustrations with the "heck-care" attitude of reckless jaywalkers.2008 March 2, “Motorists' burden"”, in The Straits Times:

alternative form	heck care

From heck + care, based on expressions such as "doesn't care a heck" and "care a heck of a lot".

What does heck-care mean?: Heck-care means having a dismissively indifferent attitude; nonchalant.
How do you use heck-care in a sentence?: THEY may look like "heck-care" young punks who hang out at Harajuku, but their powerful music is serious stuff.
What part of speech is heck-care?: Heck-care is an adjective.
How do you pronounce heck-care?: Heck-care is pronounced /ˈhɛk ˌkɛː/ (Singapore).

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