mean nothing to (someone)

idiom

: to have no importance to (someone)
He claims that money means nothing to him.

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Being loved could mean nothing to Lily, except for what being loved could get her: That was everything. Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025 Romania's realignment with the Western order that seems to mean nothing to Trump was very personal. Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 Our contributions seem to mean nothing to some people. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 Yet, Putin has demonstrated in the past that buffer zones mean nothing to him. Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mean nothing to (someone)

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“Mean nothing to (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean%20nothing%20to%20%28someone%29. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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