Whit
noun
A very small amount of something.
I don't care a whit about your opinion.
Often appears as...
- not a whit
- care a whit
noun
A very small amount of something.
I don't care a whit about your opinion.
Often appears as...
- not a whit
- care a whit
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Emphasis
When stressing how little you care or value something, 'whit' emphasizes its insignificance.
The critics' harsh words didn't bother her a whit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Constructions
'Whit' is often used in negative statements to highlight the absence of something.
There wasn't a whit of truth in his excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Distinction
'Whit' is typically used to point out a surprisingly small amount, contrary to expectations.
Despite the long journey, she was not a whit tired.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Emphasis
When stressing how little you care or value something, 'whit' emphasizes its insignificance.
The critics' harsh words didn't bother her a whit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Constructions
'Whit' is often used in negative statements to highlight the absence of something.
There wasn't a whit of truth in his excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Distinction
'Whit' is typically used to point out a surprisingly small amount, contrary to expectations.
Despite the long journey, she was not a whit tired.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Emphasis
When stressing how little you care or value something, 'whit' emphasizes its insignificance.
The critics' harsh words didn't bother her a whit.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Constructions
'Whit' is often used in negative statements to highlight the absence of something.
There wasn't a whit of truth in his excuses.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Distinction
'Whit' is typically used to point out a surprisingly small amount, contrary to expectations.
Despite the long journey, she was not a whit tired.
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Video examples
Job Security in an...
after he got laid off from GE. And you have to think that the stress of not knowing what you're going to do, and where the good paychecks are going to come from, that had to be a contributing factor. I don't think they give one whit about the worker. I don't think they give one whit about the community that the workers are in.
Video examples
Job Security in an...
after he got laid off from GE. And you have to think that the stress of not knowing what you're going to do, and where the good paychecks are going to come from, that had to be a contributing factor. I don't think they give one whit about the worker. I don't think they give one whit about the community that the workers are in.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
Americans who have parents raised during the Great Depression or World War II understand how drastically things have changed on the home front. My father did not care a whit whether I liked him, and it would have been unthinkable for him to pick up my stuff. There were rules in the house, and they were enforced.
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Charles Kennedy
British Politician
During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and because no government or member of Parliament cared a whit about their problems and their striving for employment.
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Madam C. J. Walker
American Activist
This is the greatest country under the sun. But we must not let our love of country, our patriotic loyalty, cause us to abate one whit in our protest against wrong and injustice.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Elites don't care not one whit about school children. If they truly cared, what they would do is protect them.
Quote examples
Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
Americans who have parents raised during the Great Depression or World War II understand how drastically things have changed on the home front. My father did not care a whit whether I liked him, and it would have been unthinkable for him to pick up my stuff. There were rules in the house, and they were enforced.
Quote examples
Charles Kennedy
British Politician
During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and because no government or member of Parliament cared a whit about their problems and their striving for employment.
Quote examples
Madam C. J. Walker
American Activist
This is the greatest country under the sun. But we must not let our love of country, our patriotic loyalty, cause us to abate one whit in our protest against wrong and injustice.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Elites don't care not one whit about school children. If they truly cared, what they would do is protect them.
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