care factor

noun

The degree to which somebody cares about something.

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Meanings

nouncare factor (plural care factors)

plural care factors

  1. colloquialhumorousThe degree to which somebody cares about something.

    Fortunately, my care factor was now dangerously close to fuck-it levels.

    2013, Kylie Scott, Lick
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    My care factor, along with my libido, had disappeared right out my bedroom window.

    2012, Tamra Mercieca, Getting Naked: The Dating Game, page 44

    I earned some strange looks walking through the halls with it, but my care factor about what others thought was pretty close to zero. I just wanted to get — and feel — better.

    2012, Jen Jones, Lissa on the Sidelines

    Not my finest moment, but my care factor is subzero right now. My attention is elsewhere.

    2015, Ryan Thomas Grice, Photosynthesis
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