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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance

Examples

"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Furthermore - and this , to me , strikes an especially warming note - it shall avail the vandals naught to throw_away or dispose of their loot .

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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance

Examples

"it looked like nothing I had ever seen before" "reduced to nil all the work we had done" "we racked up a pathetic goose egg" "it was all for naught" "I didn't hear zilch about it"

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[ noun ] complete failure

Examples

"all my efforts led to naught"

Related terms

failure

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