nothingness

noun

noth·​ing·​ness ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs 

1

: the quality or state of being nothing: such as

a

: nonexistence

b

: utter insignificance

c

: death

2

: something insignificant or valueless

3

: void, emptiness

Synonyms

• death
• dead
• deadness
• mortality

Examples of nothingness in a Sentence

He was staring into nothingness.

The sound faded into nothingness.

Recent Examples on the Web

Shauna then spies a swarm of moths attracted to a fluorescent light in the ceiling, dooming themselves to fly toward nothingness again and again and again. —Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025

The point is to bring production back to California before the entertainment industry shrinks into nothingness. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 May 2025

Picture those Void rooms: this very kind of hellish place where all angles are skewed and the different gravity rooms are glued to each other in the middle of black nothingness. —Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 May 2025

Worse still, perhaps, at times general-purpose generative AI will produce a heaping of psychobabble, seemingly impressive sounding mental health advice that is nothing more than babbling psychological words of nothingness, see my analysis at the link here. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1