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something is better than nothing

something is better than nothing proverb: it is better to be contented over something than to have nothing at all.

Proverb

something is better than nothing

  1. It is better to be contented over something than to have nothing at all.

Questions about something is better than nothing

What does something is better than nothing mean?
Something is better than nothing means it is better to be contented over something than to have nothing at all.
What part of speech is something is better than nothing?
Something is better than nothing is a proverb.

Words near something is better than nothing in the dictionary

  1. something dreadful
  2. something else
  3. something fierce
  4. something for the weekend
  5. something good
  6. something is better than nothing
  7. something is rotten in Denmark
  8. something is rotten in the state of Denmark
  9. something is up
  10. something like
  11. something like that

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