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naught::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| Type of | relative quantity |
| Has types | fanny adams, bugger all, nihil, fuck all, sweet fanny adams |
it was all for naught.
Examples of naught
naught
There's naught she can do but grin and bear it, which she gamely attempts to do.
From the time.com
Each time a name was called, I held my breath, but my anxiety was all for naught.
From the freep.com
If you don't look like a contender online, your prospecting will be for naught.
From the foxbusiness.com
The second attempt came to naught when the jury was unable to reach a decision.
From the economist.com
Despite Gorbachev's efforts to broker a peace, Soviet diplomacy came to naught.
From the edition.cnn.com
If a human tries to help and grab the ducklings, her plans are all for naught.
From the thenewstribune.com
The nurses tried their best to locate them, but all their efforts were for naught.
From the washingtonpost.com
It all may have gone for naught if not for Mr. Ferrell's singular comic style.
From the washingtontimes.com
Unfortunately, Milan was caught at home, so Schaefer's antics were for naught.
From the bats.blogs.nytimes.com
- Nothing: a quantity of no importance; "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"
- Complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
- Zero, written 0, is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. It plays a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures. As a digit, 0 is used as a placeholder in place value systems. ...
- (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Zero; (now rare or archaic in US, Canada) Nothing; nothingness; nothing
- Nothing | worthless, useless | ruined, baffled | disregard, despise
