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think nothing of

think nothing of verb: to consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.

Verb

think nothing of (third-person singular simple present thinks nothing of, present participle thinking nothing of, simple past and past participle thought nothing of)

  1. To consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.
    • I had seen that my neighbours' door was open, but I thought nothing of it at the time, until I heard their house had been broken into.
    • He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

Forms of think nothing of

third-person singular presentthinks nothing of
present participlethinking nothing of
past participlethought nothing of
pastthought nothing of

Questions about think nothing of

What does think nothing of mean?
Think nothing of means to consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.
What part of speech is think nothing of?
Think nothing of is a verb.
What is the past tense of think nothing of?
The past tense of think nothing of is thought nothing of.

Words near think nothing of in the dictionary

  1. think highly of
  2. think little of
  3. think meat
  4. think much of
  5. think no end of oneself
  6. think nothing of
  7. think nothing of it
  8. think of
  9. think of England
  10. think of the children
  11. think on

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