Nil (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- All our efforts were reduced to nil by the unforeseen circumstances.
- The opponent's team was down to nil and there was no hope of recovery.
- Compared to the luxurious mansion, our home showed me nil in the way of grandeur.
- I scored nil on the math test, a disappointing result I hoped to avoid.
- After a thorough search, the police officials found nil evidence of wrong-doing by the suspects.