nothingness
Americannoun
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the state of being nothing.
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something that is nonexistent.
a view of humanity as suspended between infinity and nothingness.
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lack of being; nonexistence.
The sound faded into nothingness.
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unconsciousness or death.
She remembered a dizzy feeling, then nothingness.
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utter insignificance, emptiness, or worthlessness; triviality.
The days followed one another in an endless procession of nothingness.
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something insignificant or without value.
noun
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the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence
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absence of consciousness or life
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complete insignificance or worthlessness
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something that is worthless or insignificant
Etymology
Origin of nothingness
Example Sentences
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Hanna’s grief for Erik is the key to her art, but so is the nothingness he seems to have disappeared into.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Kelson’s memento mori, in its way, adds dignity to what is otherwise a sentence to nothingness.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
It had been a performance impressive in its nothingness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
Old sceptics, hard-bitten by a quarter of a century of nothingness, were beginning to turn.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025
Then a noise reached him through the unformed nothingness that surrounded him: the small soft thumpings of something that flapped, flailed, and struggled.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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