for nothing
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for nothing
adverb
- For free. I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity.
- In vain, uselessly, wastefully, or pointlessly. I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a drawer without reading it!
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Without cause or without due cause.
A: Then he walked up to me and shoved me. B: What the hell? What for? A: For nothing!
Similar: for no good reason · Opposite: not for nothing, with good reason
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adv 2. for no reason
| Español | por gusto, por las puras, por las huevas, por las puras huevas, por las puras brevas, de balde |
|---|---|
| Français | pour rien, en pure perte |
| Deutsch | umsonst, für nichts |
| Русский | и́з-за пустяка́ íz-za pustjaká, напра́сно naprásno, понапра́сну ponaprásnu |
adv 1. for free
| Deutsch | umsonst, für umsonst |
|---|---|
| Русский | зря zrja, да́ром dárom, впусту́ю vpustúju, без по́льзы bez pólʹzy |
| العربية | من دون مقابل |
Talk about this word "for nothing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/for%20nothing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. for nothing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/for%20nothing "for nothing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/for%20nothing.Cite this
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title = {for nothing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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