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nevermind

nevermind noun: attention, heed. Also the alternative spelling of never mind.

Noun

nevermind (plural neverminds)

  1. (US, regional) Attention, heed.
    • Hell, they've got groundrules and guidelines comin' out the kazoo, but do they pay any nevermind to 'em?2002, William Walling, It's Too Late to Leave Early
  2. (US, regional) Concern, affair.
    • "... buy what he wants. It's none of your nevermind."1949, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., The Way West, page 22
    • "These is my brothers, Tom and Benjamin. We's from Missoura. Would you be Yankee or Secesh?" / "Neither one," Joe said. "Not that it's any nevermind o' yours, Mr. Wickersham."2008, Gary Franklin, Blood at Bear Lake, page 76
  3. (US, regional) Consequence; significant change in or effect on a situation or state; difference.
    • Let 'em say she was his mistress, that she was a witch. Wasn't true, but it didn't make any nevermind if they thought it was. Nice woman, quiet, could tell the cards.1926, Lester Cohen, Sweepings, page 306
    • Either way—doesn't mean no nevermind to me, you understand.1997, Annie Jones, Irish Eyes, →ISBN, page 211

Verb

nevermind (third-person singular simple present neverminds, present participle neverminding, simple past and past participle neverminded)

  1. (US, regional) To ignore.
    • Nevermind a sustainable river, a sustainable earth, like an improvident farmer who kills his only milk cow because he wants steak tonight.1989, William Mills, The Arkansas: An American River, page 159
    • "Ya, that's a good idea, neverminding. Let's nevermind, huh?"2002, Chris Lynch, Freewill, page 28

Also used as

nevermind is also the alternative spelling of never mind.

Examples of nevermind in a sentence

  • So it don't make a heap of nevermind to me which one you choose!2002, Lee Gramling, Ninety-Mile Prairie, Pineapple Press, →ISBN, page 248:
  • If'n it makes any nevermind, you'll be grubbin' alongside me.2005, Larry Jay Martin, O'Rourke's Revenge, page 21:

Forms of nevermind

Noun
pluralneverminds
Verb
third-person singular presentneverminds
present participleneverminding
past participleneverminded
pastneverminded

Origin of nevermind

From never + mind (in never mind).

Questions about nevermind

What does nevermind mean?
Nevermind means attention, heed.
How do you use nevermind in a sentence?
So it don't make a heap of nevermind to me which one you choose!
What part of speech is nevermind?
Nevermind can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of nevermind?
The plural of nevermind is neverminds.

Words near nevermind in the dictionary

  1. neverendum
  2. neverendums
  3. neverfade
  4. neverland
  5. neverlands
  6. nevermind
  7. neverminded
  8. neverminding
  9. neverminds
  10. nevermo
  11. nevermore

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