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English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 for nothing From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfor nothingfor nothinga) FREE/COST NOTHINGwithout paying for something or being paid for something  Why pay a plumber when my brother will do it for nothing? b) FAILREASONif you do something for nothing, you make an effort but do not get the result you want  We went all that way for nothing. → nothingExamples from the Corpusfor nothing• I don't want to struggle all my life for nothing.• Nobody gets anything, for nothing.• Peres is to be blamed for nothing.• If we don't get the contract all our hard work will have been for nothing.• My dad said he'd fix it for nothing.• We drove all the way down there for nothing.• After all, it wasn't dubbed the Palace for nothing.• Ironically, later auf became a local expression for a long wait, or working for nothing.• We got the car for nothing because the woman wanted to get rid of it fast.• His mind was set on walking down his quarry and had room for nothing else.• Hell, his great-grandaddy used to work for nothing, for all that matter.• You can skate for nothing if you want.• What could be more stable than for nothing to change? Quizzes Quizzes

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