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

Trotsky’s fate may be well known, yet the final chapters of Mr. Ireland’s book should no more be spoiled than should a gripping page turner.

From The Wall Street Journal

At 61, she took off for Europe, later writing that she hoped perhaps with an ocean between her and Anthony, “I should hear no more of calls, conventions, appeals or petitions.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We jokingly said, are we still in Niger? I mean, we drove for a day and a half until we had no more gas to spare because we wouldn't get back."

From Barron's

One editor described Kate as “twelve years of age and evidently has no more conception of the rapping than a canary bird.”

From Literature

“Over the years this management team has destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value. Enough is enough. There can be no more excuses,” Tepper said in the letter, earlier reported on by CNBC.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• buried
• deceased
• late
• lifeless
• unalive