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for naught

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(all) for naught

without achievement or result. Marge's time in jail wasn't all for naught – she earned a college degree while she was there.

Usage notes: sometimes, in less formal use, nothing is substituted for naught: I would hate to think that what we'd tried to do was all for nothing.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of naught (= zero or nothing)

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The next day it was agreed that Alan should fend for himself till sunset; but as soon as it began to grow dark, he should lie in the fields by the roadside near to Newhalls, and stir for naught until he heard me whistling. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context He went dreaming about, thinking only of his fairy and caring for naught else in the world. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context This man, too, was paid by the mold--or rather for perfect castings, nearly half his work going for naught. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context More results

References in classic literature

The next day it was agreed that Alan should fend for himself till sunset; but as soon as it began to grow dark, he should lie in the fields by the roadside near to Newhalls, and stir for naught until he heard me whistling.

Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

He went dreaming about, thinking only of his fairy and caring for naught else in the world.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

This man, too, was paid by the mold--or rather for perfect castings, nearly half his work going for naught.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

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