no more

American  

[noh mawr] / ˈnoʊ ˈmɔr /

adjective

1. not any more.

   When she had no more clean clothes, she finally decided to do the laundry.

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noun

1. not any more (of something).

   We went back to buy another copy, but they had no more.

   I’ll have no more of your backtalk!

2. nothing else; nothing additional.

   He said no more, but it was clear that he understood.

   These allegations are mere malicious rumor and no more.

adverb

1. not to any greater extent or degree.

   It’s no more expensive to buy it ready-made than to make it yourself.

   The author of this paper is no more a scientist than I am a Martian!

2. no longer.

   Cry no more, my friend, for we will see justice done.

   You’re here at last, and I am lonely no more.

3. never again.

   With these words he galloped away and was seen no more.

4. neither.

   I never took to the fellow, I’m afraid—and no more did my wife.

idioms

1. be no more, to be dead or gone; be no longer existing.

   Let us drink to the memory of the ships and sailors that are no more.

2. no more than, less than or equal to; a maximum of.

   The assessment should take no more than 5–10 minutes of your time.

   The pub is on your left, no more than half a mile down the road.

3. say no more, (an exclamation expressing full agreement or understanding based on very little said).

   “We’re on a budget.” “Say no more, ma’am, I know just the car for you.”

Etymology

Origin of no more

First recorded before 1000

Example Sentences

Subsequent orders weakened federal workers’ labor protections External link, mandated agency reorganization External link plans, and restricted new hires External link to no more than one for every four workers who departed.

From Barron's

Carolers meandered through town, drawing no more than a dozen onlookers as they sang “Angels We Have Heard on High” and asked shop owners whether holiday crowds might return.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s no more smooth glide path to Santa Clara for the Super Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times

Flores-Ruiz, they added, “was no more concealed from agents stationed in the public hallway than anyone else who walked into or out of that courtroom that morning.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Obviously, there are no more shutdown woes affecting the industry.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• buried
• deceased
• late
• lifeless
• unalive