American English pronunciation
How to pronounce naught
IPA transcription: ['nɔt]
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Noun
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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”
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complete failure
“all my efforts led to naught”
Usage examples
- I won't give your niece a lollipop if she gets naughty again.
- With his father's support, Arthur embarked on his first production, "Naughty Marietta".
- A naughty or saucy boy, at school, often gets a smack on the face.
- However, the exploration led to naught.
- In stead enoot, a loanword derived from the English naught is generally used.
- The idea was conceived in the nineties and was revived in the naughties.
- I won't give your niece a lollipop if she gets naughty again.
- O'Shaughnessy carried out his practice on the Connaught and North Eastern Circuit.
- It's that naughty boy.
- I won't give your niece a lollipop if she gets naughty again.