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for nothing

for nothing adverb: for free.

Adverb

for nothing (not comparable)

  1. For free.
    • I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity.
  2. In vain, uselessly, wastefully, or pointlessly.
    • I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a drawer without reading it!
  3. 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!
    • A: Then she filed suit against the restaurant. B: What the hell? For what? A: For nothing! Not so much for allegedly being negligent as for having some money that she might shake down!

for nothing meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Arabic

for nothing in Telugu

for nothing
ఊరికె ūrike

for nothing in Malayalam

for nothing
ചുമ്മാ cummā

for nothing in Punjabi

for nothing, purposelessly
ਐਵੇਂ aivẽ

for nothing in Arabic

1. for free
من دون مقابل

Synonyms of for nothing

Antonyms

Questions about for nothing

What does for nothing mean?
For nothing means for free.
What is for nothing in Telugu?
For nothing in Telugu is ఊరికె (ūrike). See For nothing meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is for nothing?
For nothing is an adverb.

Words near for nothing in the dictionary

  1. for my money
  2. for my sins
  3. for myself
  4. for name's sake
  5. for no good reason
  6. for nothing
  7. for now
  8. for old sake's sake
  9. for old time's sake
  10. for old times' sake
  11. for old times' sakes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for nothing (page history and authors); ఊరికె (Telugu) (page history and authors); ചുമ്മാ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਐਵੇਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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