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not again

not again interjection: expresses frustration and exasperation at the repeated occurrence of a harmful event, without assigning blame.

Interjection

  1. Expresses frustration and exasperation at the repeated occurrence of a harmful event, without assigning blame.
    • Mom, I think the basement's flooding. / Oh, no, not again!

Questions about not again

What does not again mean?
Not again means expresses frustration and exasperation at the repeated occurrence of a harmful event, without assigning blame.
What part of speech is not again?
Not again is an interjection.

Words near not again in the dictionary

  1. not a pretty sight
  2. not a sausage
  3. not a soul
  4. not a word
  5. not a word of a lie
  6. not again
  7. not all heroes wear capes
  8. not anymore
  9. not as black as one is painted
  10. not as green as one is cabbage-looking
  11. not at all

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