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whatever

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/wɒtˈɛvə/ English

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adjective

  1. Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
  2. At all, absolutely, whatsoever.“There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.”

pronoun

  1. No matter what; for any“Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.”
  2. (relative) Anything; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.“I’ll do whatever I can.”

interjection

  1. (dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.“"For the last time, brush your teeth!" "Whatever!"”

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