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naught
/ ɔː /
noun
- archaic.nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure
- a variant spelling (esp US) of nought
- set at naughtto have disregard or scorn for; disdain
adverb
- archaic.not at all
it matters naught
adjective
- obsolete.worthless, ruined, or wicked
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of naught1
Idioms and Phrases
- come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
- set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain:
He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.
More idioms and phrases containing naught
see come to nothing (naught) .Example Sentences
All that brainpower would have been for naught, however, save for the beneficence of Uncle Sam.
He was naught to know that the Palisades and Eaton fires would go on to burn more than double the urban acreage that Woolsey had.
Still, the fact remains that within a generation, the beacon of the system that drew my husband’s family and thousands of other families like them to California is naught but a dream for most.
Even as the Bruins broke off five gains of 15 yards or more in the first half — equal to their counterparts — that explosiveness went for mostly naught.
This is not to say that Harris’ vigorous preparation in the days leading up to her first in-person meeting with Trump was entirely for naught.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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