nothing 1 of 3

noun

Definition of nothingnext
1
as in nobody
a person of no importance or influence his friends couldn't understand why he'd want to marry a girl who was an obvious nothing

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2
as in triviality
something of little importance you're always worrying about nothing

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3
as in zero
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it two minus two equals nothing

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nothing

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adverb

as in never
not in any degree, way, or under any condition nothing daunted by the poor reception his first novel received, he proceeded to write another one

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nothing

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adjective

as in worthless

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Recent Examples of nothing
Noun
But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today. — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024 The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash? — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024 And just so, these clouds like lines of coke, these fine bird-bone clouds giving structure to the afternoon sky will decompose into faint nothings. — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023 But even before that, women like Tina Turner and Josephine Baker were wearing costumes that evoked intimate little nothings. — Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for nothing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothing
  1. nobody
  2. triviality
  3. zero
  4. never
  5. worthless
  6. cipher
  7. smoke
  8. naught
Noun
  • Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Definition of nobody
Noun
  • Spain’s shrewdness came in their refusal to engage with off-the-ball trivialities.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • After debuting in 2007, The Big Bang Theory entertained viewers with the everyday trivialities and obsessions of friends who work in science.
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Definition of triviality
Noun
  • Career interruptions can also affect Social Security because benefits are generally calculated using a worker’s highest 35 years of earnings, with zeroes included when fewer than 35 years are available.
    — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • This naturally generated probabilistic bits, or p-bits which aren’t fixed as zeros or ones, but fluctuate according to incoming data.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of zero
Adverb
  • This great, once improbable, step into the unknown has the potential to bring tests against Milan, Juventus and Bayer Leverkusen, and nights like never before at the Stadium of Light.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Although Iran hasn't focused in recent years on the decree, it was never rescinded.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of never
Adjective
  • Second, the hacker had ignored valuable data on Hugging Face’s servers in search of worthless answers to a test.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • On top of that, his degree from a for-profit college - which was later sued over alleged deception - seemed worthless.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of worthless
Noun
  • But in my view, our relationships to animals, whose lives are untouched by the existential woes and artifices of personhood, are the richest and most evident ciphers for our own often inscrutable psyches.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
  • Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of cipher
Noun
  • Moments later, the witness saw smoke coming from the area and notified sheriff’s deputies.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Video from the Spokane area showed buildings on fire, black smoke billowing up near neighborhoods, and the smoking ruins of homes, with only chimneys still standing.
    — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of smoke
Noun
  • Though there is still no fix for the mutation, the subsequent research spawned by the work of Fraumeni, Li, and other pioneers hasn’t been for naught.
    — Lawrence Ingrassia, STAT, 26 June 2026
  • Sure, you’re invested in seeing Syd, Richie, Carmy, Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas),Neil (Matty Matheson), Marcus (Lionel Boyce), and Natalie (Abby Elliott) come together and perform at their best, but without the stakes of earning a Michelin star, all their anxiety is for nought.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
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“Nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothing. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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