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naught

noun

complete failure

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
N
Ends with
T
Contains
AU
Scrabble score
10

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Pronunciation

nɔːt

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Definitions

noun

  1. complete failure

    “all my efforts led to naught”

noun

  1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

    “it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

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Example Sentences

all my efforts led to naught
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

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