slight



not in the slightest

not in any way not in the least The whole stupid argument didn't interest me in the slightest.
See also: not, slight

in the least

Also, in the slightest. At all, in the smallest degree. These terms are nearly always used in a negative context. For example, I don't care in the least what you do with the money, or It doesn't matter in the slightest whether or not you attend. [c. 1600] They may also be put as not in the least or not in the slightest, as in I am not in the least worried about the outcome, or The heat doesn't bother me in the slightest. In the least dates from about 1600; in the slightest has been used in the sense of "emphatically unimportant or trifling" since the late 1500s.
See also: least

in the least

At all: I don't mind in the least.
See also: least

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oyibo-Western African, Urhobo
ÁSgeir-Icelandic
Lorenzolo-REN-tso (Italian), lo-REN-tho (Spanish), lo-REN-so (Latin American Spanish)Italian, Spanish
Colombano-Italian
Albin[æl'bain]
Sanjaya-Hinduism