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none the worse

none the worse phrase: not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).

Phrase

none the worse

  1. (typically with for) Not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).
    • I rose from the ground, somewhat tottering, and miry, and crest-fallen, but otherwise none the worse (having fallen upon my head, which is of uncommon substance)1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
    • […] the lowest boiler pressure—220 lb. per sq. in.—goes with the largest cylinder volume, and the highest—280 lb. per sq. in.—with the smallest cylinder volume—which is, of course, obvious, but is none the worse for being repeated.1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 272

Questions about none the worse

What does none the worse mean?
None the worse means not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).
What part of speech is none the worse?
None the worse is a phrase.

Words near none the worse in the dictionary

  1. none of your beeswax
  2. none other than
  3. none taken
  4. none the less
  5. none the wiser
  6. none the worse
  7. none too soon
  8. none-so-pretties
  9. none-so-pretty
  10. nonea
  11. nonearly

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