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nil

UK/nɪl/ US/ˈnɪl/ uncommon us

noun

1.

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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility.

Phrases

  • nil by mouth
  • nil disease
  • nil per os

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