better than nothing

Adjective

Meaning

better than nothing (comparative form only)

Barely useful; almost worthless or pointless, but nevertheless better than having nothing at all.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

bearable presentable unexceptionable livable better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick better than a kick in the teeth

Examples

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. Glenda Jackson

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry. I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place, because, such as it is, it is better than nothing. Harriet Beecher Stowe

My fingers will not type the words "her money became a burden to her" but I do think that her wealth was like a lazy servant - better than nothing but a source of unremitting annoyance because it never filled her most urgent needs. Quentin Crisp

Half bread is better than nothing. Namibian Proverb

Little is better than nothing. Finnish Proverb

No office so humble but it is better than nothing. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick better than average better than normal better than planned better than sex better than this