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no matter

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no matter  (slightly formal)
something that you say which means that a problem is not important It's raining, but no matter, I'll take the dog for a walk anyway.
See also: matter

no matter
1. without considering He will do anything, no matter how unfair, to win an election.
Usage notes: usually followed by how, as in the example, or by who, what, or which: He'll say what he thinks, no matter who you are. She goes out running no matter what the weather is like.
2. (spoken) it is not important You never thought about it, did you? Well, no matter.
See also: matter


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Especially during his stretches of famine he suffered from lack of the weed; but no matter how often he mastered the craving, it remained with him as strong as ever.
My eyes were upon the loser of this duel when he got his last and vanquishing wound--it was in his face and it carried away his--but no matter, I must not enter into details.
Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.
 
 
 
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