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.
Examples of nowhere near in a Sentence
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Despite Israel’s promise to bring in more aid, UN agencies say Palestinians’ needs are nowhere near being met.
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But the officials noted that Mr. Netanyahu has not yet launched the Rafah attacks, perhaps because Israeli forces are nowhere near ready, or perhaps because of the American pressure.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Kyiv’s offers came nowhere near Putin’s maximalist requirements, and Ukraine was able to stop Russia’s advances.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
But globally, recycling is happening nowhere near enough to keep up with the year-over-year growth of the waste.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Even if the operation is successful, aid groups say, delivering aid by sea is nowhere near as efficient as delivering it by land, describing trucks as the only way to send enough food into Gaza to alleviate the suffering there.
—Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The city’s distressed east and west ends remained more dangerous terrain, particularly at night, but violent crime rates were nowhere near the highs of the 1980s and ’90s.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Sure, Purdue’s Matt Painter is a phenomenal coach, but his star player, Zach Edey, is departing and his program is nowhere near blue-blood status.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
So far, Utah appears nowhere near as operationally overwhelmed with newcomers as New York or Colorado.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
But the officials noted that Mr. Netanyahu has not yet launched the Rafah attacks, perhaps because Israeli forces are nowhere near ready, or perhaps because of the American pressure.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Kyiv’s offers came nowhere near Putin’s maximalist requirements, and Ukraine was able to stop Russia’s advances.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
But globally, recycling is happening nowhere near enough to keep up with the year-over-year growth of the waste.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Even if the operation is successful, aid groups say, delivering aid by sea is nowhere near as efficient as delivering it by land, describing trucks as the only way to send enough food into Gaza to alleviate the suffering there.
—Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The city’s distressed east and west ends remained more dangerous terrain, particularly at night, but violent crime rates were nowhere near the highs of the 1980s and ’90s.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Sure, Purdue’s Matt Painter is a phenomenal coach, but his star player, Zach Edey, is departing and his program is nowhere near blue-blood status.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
So far, Utah appears nowhere near as operationally overwhelmed with newcomers as New York or Colorado.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
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