couldn't care less
To not care at all; to have no interest or concern; to be apathetic.
I used to be so careless / As if I couldn't care less
care
/kɛə/
noun 5verb 5name 1
Collocations
55(noun.) looking after sb/sth
ADJ
good, great
My grandmother always takes good care of her garden, watering the plants every morning.
loving, tender
The nurse provided loving care to all the patients in the hospital ward.
private | voluntary | constant, full-time, round-the-clock | continuing, long-term | short-term, temporary | daily, day-to-day, routine
intensive
My grandfather spent three weeks in intensive care after his heart attack last month.
clinical, emergency, health, medical, nursing, patient | hospital, inpatient, institutional, residential | day, non-hospital, outpatient | community | domestic, domiciliary, home, home-based | primary, secondary, tertiary | antenatal, dental, psychiatric | palliative
formal, informal
My grandmother needed formal care in a nursing home after her accident.
foster
public
The foster agency took responsibility for the child in public care.
pastoral, spiritual | client, customer | hair, skin
VERB + CARE
take
My sister took care of the house while we were away on holiday.
provide (sb with) | need, require | receive
take sb into
When her mother became ill, the young girl was taken into care by her grandmother.
CARE + NOUN
services | centre, home, unit | manager, worker | management | plan, policy, programme | allowance | needs, order
PREP
in ~
My grandmother is in care now because she needs help with daily activities.
in sb's ~
The children are in their grandmother's care during the summer holidays.
under the ~ of
The elderly patient remained under the care of experienced nurses during her recovery.
~ of
PHRASES
the quality/standard of care
(noun.) attention/thought given to sth
ADJ
extreme, good, great
She takes extreme care when washing her grandmother's antique china dishes.
extra, special | infinite, the utmost
exquisite, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous
The surgeon performed the delicate operation with exquisite care and precision.
exaggerated, excessive
She worried with exaggerated care about every small detail of the party.
due
With due care, the surgeon completed the delicate operation successfully.
proper, reasonable
My parents always showed proper care when helping me with my homework.
VERB + CARE
exercise, take
PREP
with ~
You should handle that antique vase with care when you move it to the new house.
without ~
She rushed through the project without care and made several careless mistakes.
(verb.)
ADV
deeply, genuinely, a lot, passionately, really, truly
hardly, not greatly, not much, not particularly
My sister didn't particularly care which restaurant we went to for dinner.
PREP
about
My sister doesn't care about being late to work anymore.
for
She has cared for her elderly mother since her father passed away.
PHRASES
be past caring
After years of broken promises, she was past caring whether he called or not.
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