all-or-nothing

Speech parts

1. all-or-nothing - Adjective

2. all-or-nothing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

occurring completely or not occurring at all

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

all-or-none all determined bound firm elaborate intent decisive adamant diligent inflexible painstaking inquiring fastidious inquisitive

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Antonyms

slack slipshod flexible irregular incomplete casual

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Examples

Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse. Henry Cloud

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. Tom Cruise

I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back. Ginnifer Goodwin

Reengineering cannot be planned meticulously and accomplished in small and cautious steps. It's an all-or-nothing proposition with an uncertain result. Michael Hammer

I'm an all-or-nothing person. Taylor Kitsch

For movement to market equilibrium and for changes in equilibrium, price and quantity also change "at the margin": more-or-less of something, rather than necessarily all-or-nothing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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