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US
/ˈnəθɪŋ/
]
[ UK /nˈʌθɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /nˈʌθɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
a quantity of no importance
we racked up a pathetic goose egg
reduced to nil all the work we had done
I didn't hear zilch about it
it was all for naught
it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
ADVERB
-
in no respect; to no degree
he looks nothing like his father
How To Use nothing In A Sentence
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
- There's nothing at all wrong with a bit of human imperfection here and there.
- He said nothing as he took his horse's reins and mounted up, the pain causing sparks to flash behind his eyes and his vision to fuzz a little around the edges.
- The final section of the traverse was a bit of a challenge: delicate, balancey moves with next to nothing for hands or feet.
- Of course there's nothing wrong with necking a few beers and getting caught up in the buzz of the World Cup.
- There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
- acting as if nothing borne in mind is the best revenge.it's all for myself to live better.
- Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.