nowhere near
idiom
1
: not at all near to
We were nowhere near a hospital.
2
informal
: not at all : not nearly
Their house is nowhere near as nice as yours.
That is nowhere near enough water.
The house is nowhere near finished.
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That’s up eight killings in the same nine-month span last year, but nowhere near the ’90s tally.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
These allegations are nowhere near as bad as the close association both Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson kept with Jeffrey Epstein, however.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Second, its main characters, David and Sarah, are nowhere near as tangible as Joel and Clementine, the hapless lovers in the 2004 Michel Gondry classic.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
These allegations are nowhere near as bad as the close association both Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson kept with Jeffrey Epstein, however.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025
But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Second, its main characters, David and Sarah, are nowhere near as tangible as Joel and Clementine, the hapless lovers in the 2004 Michel Gondry classic.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nowhere near
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“Nowhere near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nowhere%20near. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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