as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
I care not a whit about what other people think
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Recent Examples of whit
An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.
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Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.
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Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.
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Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
The whit and the whoo are from different owls.
—
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mac Barnett,
Longreads,
5 May 2026
Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.
—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.
—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
The whit and the whoo are from different owls.
—
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whit
Noun
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And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.
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In a world of drivers mostly ruled by their corporate sponsors, Busch was an otherworldly talent who simply did not give a damn.
Noun
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This music is often so simplistic—tenth-grade emo-thirst-trap-core with yearning synths, thudding drums, and maybe a lick of guitar—that a machine could do it too.
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Today, upgrading a home isn’t only about a lick of new paint or collectible furniture.
Noun
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Their hoots and hollers drowned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s explanation of how a title defense fell short.
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Periodically, Spider-Noir is, indeed, a hoot.
Noun
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Their main flaw is that the protagonists rarely display a shred of agency or activity.
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The rest of the band followed his lead, particularly Green, a relentless head-banger, dropping to her knees to become one with the feedback and leaning back into beatific shred-faces.
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“Whit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whit. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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