no place for

idiom

used to say that someone or something does not belong in a particular place, situation, etc.
This party is no place for children.
There is no place for racism in our society.

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There was no place for the highly perishable product to go because the marketplace for dairy products was gutted by the closure of restaurants, schools, hotels and food-service businesses. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025 The best chief executives know that there’s no place for ego in determining when to go; what matters is what’s best for the institution. Kurt Strovink, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 Sprague was quick to point out that those bad actors were the extremely small minority, even if there’s still no place for it. Brody Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 But Gil and the Kills were a combustible bunch, and life on the road with a hard-driving band, while exhilarating, was ultimately no place for a little girl. Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no place for

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“No place for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20place%20for. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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