"mieux que rien" meaning in French

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      "examples": [
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          "english": "Half a loaf is better than none!; It's better than nothing.",
          "text": "C’est mieux que rien !",
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2001, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Diderot ou le matérialisme enchanté",
          "text": "[…] car il nous appartient que les choses changent dans le sens du meilleur, d’un meilleur peut-être précaire, et qui pourrait s’énoncer par cette maxime : mieux que rien, mieux qu’hier et mieux qu’aujourd’hui.",
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        "better than nothing"
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          "better than nothing",
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          "word": "moins-que-rien"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mjø kə ʁjɛ̃/"
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  "word": "mieux que rien"
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2001, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Diderot ou le matérialisme enchanté",
          "text": "[…] car il nous appartient que les choses changent dans le sens du meilleur, d’un meilleur peut-être précaire, et qui pourrait s’énoncer par cette maxime : mieux que rien, mieux qu’hier et mieux qu’aujourd’hui.",
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      "ipa": "/mjø kə ʁjɛ̃/"
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  "word": "mieux que rien"
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