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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

"He couldn't have cared less"

What does "He couldn't have cared less" mean?
  

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It means he was so careless (at that situation) that he could not have been more careless than that.

— Vsuresh

  • It means he was so careless (at that situation) that he could not have been more careless than that.
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It means he was so careless (at that situation) that he could not have been more careless than that.
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It means he was so careless (at that situation) that he could not have been more careless than that.


Suresh, you are confusing the adjective 'careless' with the verb phrase 'care less'. They are very different in meaning.


Say eg

It means he cared so little (abo
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Thank you,Clive.
I should have been careful.
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contrapositionHe couldn't have cared less
It would not have been possible for him to care (about something) to any lesser degree (because he did not care about it at all). (You can't have less than zero.)

CJ
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