for nothing

English

Adverb

for nothing (not comparable)

1. For free.

   I got it for nothing. They are giving them away as publicity.

2. For no reason, wastefully, or pointlessly

   I wrote ten pages of information for nothing. He just chucked it in a draw without even reading any of it!

Translations

for free

• Dutch: voor niets
• Finnish: ilmaiseksi (fi)
• Latin: grātīs
• Maori: utukore (mi)
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• Russian: зря (ru) (zrja), да́ром (ru) (dárom), впусту́ю (ru) (vpustúju), без по́льзы (ru) (bez pólʹzy)
• Scottish Gaelic: an asgaidh
• Spanish: de balde

for no reason

• Dutch: voor niets
• French: pour rien
• Latin: nēquīquam (la), frustrā (la)
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• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓure
• Old English: on īdel
• Russian: и́з-за пустяка́ (ru) (íz-za pustjaká), напра́сно (ru) (naprásno), понапра́сну (ru) (ponaprásnu)