for nought

Synonyms

in vain chaffy for nothing unremunerative

Examples

Ah, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price, Knowing man cannot choose but pay, How has she cheapen'd paradise; How given for nought her priceless gift, How spoil'd the bread and spill'd the wine, Which, spent with due, respective thrift, Had made brutes men, and men divine. Coventry Patmore

Work for nought makes folks dead lazy. English Proverb

It's no for nought that the gled whistles. Scottish Proverb

Words in the phrase

for nought

Close letter words and terms

for northern ireland for not that long for nothing for now for nuts for official purposes