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nothing to see

nothing to see noun: not connected or associated; nothing to do (with).

Noun

nothing to see (uncountable)

  1. Not connected or associated; nothing to do (with)
    • Just eat enough carbohydrates to fuel your brain, it has nothing to see with "not losing weight because not eating enough", which is yet another dieting myth.
    • Roosevelt's New Deal, often called a Keynesian experiment, had nothing to see with Keynes or his theory.1986, Marcel Alfons Gilbert van Meerhaeghe, Economic theory: a critic's companion, page 97
    Synonyms:
    nothing to do

Examples of nothing to see in a sentence

  • It has nothing to see with concavity of the utility function and is defined only in terms of different combinations of commodities.1991, Karl C. Mosler with Marco Scarsini, Stochastic orders and decision under risk, page 272:
  • Why do the Chinese market vendors say "look-a-look," which has nothing to see with English?2002, Lisa Carducci, As great as the world, page 1970:
  • Capillary electrophoresis is a technique which has nothing to see with chromatography, but which is based on the mobility of ions in an electric field.2002, Frans J. M. Smulders with John Daniel Collins, Food Safety Assurance and Veterinary Public Health, page 207:
  • "It has nothing to see with their talent but at the moment they are far below the level you are looking for an international match," Santini said.2003 February 6, “Pires, Trezeguet, Lizarazu rejoin French squad”, in SI.com:

Synonyms of nothing to see

  • nothing to do

Origin of nothing to see

Presumably a calque of the French phrase rien à voir.

Questions about nothing to see

What does nothing to see mean?
Nothing to see means not connected or associated; nothing to do (with).
How do you use nothing to see in a sentence?
It has nothing to see with concavity of the utility function and is defined only in terms of different combinations of commodities.
What part of speech is nothing to see?
Nothing to see is a noun.

Words near nothing to see in the dictionary

  1. nothing short of
  2. nothing special
  3. nothing succeeds like success
  4. nothing to choose between
  5. nothing to it
  6. nothing to see
  7. nothing to see here
  8. nothing to sneeze at
  9. nothing to sniff at
  10. nothing to write home about
  11. nothing ventured, nothing gained

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