could care less UK /kəd kɛə ˈlɛs/US /kəd kɛ(ə)ɹ ˈlɛs/ verb1 •(US, nonstandard) To not care at all; to have no concern or interest; to be apathetic.Farmers knew that dead fish made plants go better. They could care less about why that happened. Scientists could not sleep until they found out why. — 1967 formscould have cared less