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in the least
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.
in the least
At all: I don't mind in the least.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Ji-Hu | | jee-hoo | Korean |
| Cerdic | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
| Gerhard | | GER-hahrt (German), KHER-hahrt (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Ancient Germanic |
| Jaagup | | - | Estonian |
| Asdrubal | | - | Spanish |
| Alex | | | |