darn
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7.9
- noun
- /dɑrn/
- Informal
- I appreciate your tenacity, but I think Princess Pelosi is now sorting their mail, and frankly, my dear, I don't think they give a darn.
- not worth a darn
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Examples
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Trouble was, he couldn't field or hit worth a darn.
Fiction book (1997) -
I don't give a darn who he is or what he did or anything like that.
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But the darn thing is not similar to that one.
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But frankly, I have so many of these darn things it's wild.
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And she is still the best darn change maker I have ever known.
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So why does nobody want to buy the darn bonds?
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If we want to erase this circle, here is the whole darn thing.
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It seems that those on Wall Street don't give a darn about anyone but themselves.
Blog text (23) -
These old shoes are just a darn waste of space in my closet.
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I don't care about those darn problems; let's focus on solutions instead.
Synonyms
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9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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6.6
Something of little or no value, often in negative phrases
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5.5
Something of little or no value
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6.3
A very small amount of money, often meaning nothing at all
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9.9
Something of little or no worth
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9.9
Something of very little or no value
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9.7
A thing that has little or no value
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Etymology
Darn as a noun meaning 'something worthless' comes from using a softer word instead of the stronger damn, and it shows that a thing is of no value. That's why saying something is 'not worth a darn' means it is not worth caring about.