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none the worse

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none the worse (for something)
not damaged or hurt despite something. It was cold and windy during the parade but we were none the worse for the weather.
Usage notes: often used in the form none the worse for wear in good condition despite hard use or a difficult experience: He seems to be none the worse for wear after his car wreck.
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And I'd ha' said the "Amens", and willing, at the holy matrimony; but Tookey's done it a good while now, and I hope you'll have none the worse luck.
He made some sort of newspaper arrangement with a book-store in Cleveland, which was the means of enriching our home library with a goodly number of books, shop-worn, but none the worse for that, and new in the only way that books need be new to the lover of them.
As for my mother, when we had carried her up to the hamlet, a little cold water and salts and that soon brought her back again, and she was none the worse for her terror, though she still continued to deplore the balance of the money.
 
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