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Plural of nothing

regular plural

The plural of nothing is nothings.

Forms of nothing

Singularnothing /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
Pluralnothings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Nothings in a sentence

  • I channel vertically under the sheet to hide my blushing neck, muttering demulcent nothings.1990, Helen Simpson, “Four Bare Legs in a Bed”, in Four Bare Legs in a Bed: And Other Stories, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN…. From the entry demulcent
  • Most little nothings today are essentially grown-up versions of sleeveless, high-necklined junior dresses, unfitted, but figure-suggesting.1961 February 26, “Nothing, Something, Everything”, in Time. From the entry unfitted
  • Side by side, forgetful of all but their recovered peace, they talked sweet nothings.1904, George Gissing, chapter 28, in Veranilda. From the entry sweet nothings
  • Just as Heidegger's reflections on the imagination led him to think "The nothing nothings," so Foucault's reflections on madness led him, in effect, to think "Unreason unreasons."2005, Andrew Cutrofello, Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction, →ISBN, page 88. From the entry unreason
  • It is difficult to know how accurate this portrait is, and how much of it consists of sweet nothings whispered into the author's ear by loyal retainers.2004 April 25, Joe Klein, “Does Bush Really Get Us?”, in Time, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2010. From the entry sweet nothings

Meaning of nothing

  1. pronoun Not any thing; no thing.
  2. pronoun An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
  3. noun Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.

Full definition of nothing

Questions about the plural of nothing

What is the plural of nothing?
The plural of nothing is nothings.
Is nothing countable?
Nothing is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nothing (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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