"for nothing" meaning in English

See for nothing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} for nothing (not comparable)
  1. For free. Tags: not-comparable Translations (for free): voor niets (Dutch), ilmaiseksi (Finnish), umsonst (German), für umsonst (German), grātīs (Latin), utukore (Maori), za darmo (Polish), зря (zrja) (Russian), да́ром (dárom) (Russian), впусту́ю (vpustúju) (Russian), без по́льзы (bez pólʹzy) (Russian), an-asgaidh (Scottish Gaelic), de balde (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-for_nothing-en-adv-L~~L-ylP Disambiguation of 'for free': 100 0
  2. in vain, uselessly, wastefully, or pointlessly. Tags: not-comparable Translations (for no reason): voor niets (Dutch), voor saus (Dutch), suotta (Finnish), turhaan (Finnish), tyhjän takia (Finnish), pour rien (French), en pure perte (French), umsonst (German), für nichts (German), turhaa (Ingrian), nēquīquam (Latin), frustrā (Latin), ɓure (Ngazidja Comorian), on īdel (Old English), vejäfs (Plautdietsch), na marne (Polish), и́з-за пустяка́ (íz-za pustjaká) (Russian), напра́сно (naprásno) (Russian), понапра́сну (ponaprásnu) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-for_nothing-en-adv-BBT0WxFi Disambiguation of 'for no reason': 0 100

Download JSON data for for nothing meaning in English (4.2kB)

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        {
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "voor saus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "suotta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "turhaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "tyhjän takia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "pour rien"
        },
        {
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "umsonst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "für nichts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "turhaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "nēquīquam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "frustrā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "ɓure"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "on īdel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "vejäfs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "for no reason",
          "word": "na marne"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "voor niets"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "ilmaiseksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "umsonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "für umsonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "for free",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "utukore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "za darmo"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zrja",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "зря"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dárom",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "да́ром"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vpustúju",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "впусту́ю"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bez pólʹzy",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "без по́льзы"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "an-asgaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "for free",
      "word": "de balde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "voor niets"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "voor saus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "suotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "turhaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "tyhjän takia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "pour rien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "en pure perte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "umsonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "für nichts"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "turhaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "nēquīquam"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "frustrā"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "ɓure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "on īdel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "vejäfs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "na marne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "íz-za pustjaká",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "и́з-за пустяка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprásno",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "напра́сно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponaprásnu",
      "sense": "for no reason",
      "word": "понапра́сну"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for nothing"
}

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