Naught

[Naught]

When things come to naught, they've come to nothing. If you feel bad about ending up with nothing, you can also say "It was all for naught!"

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Nothing.

Noun
complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"

Noun
a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn''t hear zilch about it"

adv.
Nothing.

adv.
The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.

adv.
In no degree; not at all.

a.
Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

a.
Hence, vile; base; naughty.

Naught

Naught , n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. nwiht, nuht, nht; ne not + ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.] 1. Nothing. [Written also nought.]

Doth Job fear God for naught?

2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher. To set at naught, to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy. "Ye have set at naught all my counsel." Prov. i. 25.

Naught

Naught, adv. In no degree; not at all. Chaucer.

To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.

Naught

Naught, a. 1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer.

Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else.

Things naught and things indifferent.

2. Hence, vile; base; naughty. [Obs.]

No man can be stark naught at once.

Nothing.

In no degree; not at all.

Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

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Usage Examples

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

Misspelled Form

Naught, Naught, aught, Naught, Nqaught, Nwaught, Nsaught, Nzaught, Nqught, Nwught, Nsught, Nzught, Naqught, Nawught, Nasught, Nazught, Nayught, Na7ught, Na8ught, Naiught, Najught, Nayght, Na7ght, Na8ght, Naight, Najght, Nauyght, Nau7ght, Nau8ght, Nauight, Naujght, Naufght, Nautght, Nauyght, Nauhght, Naubght, Nauvght, Naufht, Nautht, Nauyht, Nauhht, Naubht, Nauvht, Naugfht, Naugtht, Naugyht, Naughht, Naugbht, Naugvht, Naugght, Naugyht, Nauguht, Naugjht, Naugnht, Nauggt, Naugyt, Naugut, Naugjt, Naugnt, Naughgt, Naughyt, Naughut, Naughjt, Naughnt, Naughrt, Naugh5t, Naugh6t, Naughyt, Naughgt, Naughr, Naugh5, Naugh6, Naughy, Naughg, Naughtr, Naught5, Naught6, Naughty, Naughtg.

Other Usage Examples

If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love's sake only.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

Technologists provide tools that can improve people's lives. But I want to be clear that I don't think technology by itself improves people's lives, since often I'm criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there's commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it's for naught.