no more

[noh mawr]

adjective

1. not any more.

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

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of no more¹

First recorded before 1000

Idioms and Phrases

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.”

Example Sentences

When it comes to business, the government will in part want to be judged on what it does not do in this Budget: no more nasty surprises, no blanket tax rises.

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Conditions apply: These buildings have to be on the small side — each floor maxes out at 4,000 square feet with no more than four units.

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Ms McCubbin said when she came out hospital, she was using a zimmer frame and after a while she decided "no more".

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It also means that the Federal Reserve will have jobs and inflation data no more recent than September’s on hand when officials meet to make their final planned interest-rate decision of 2025 on Dec. 9-10.

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There is no more easy money to be made by placing huge bets on headline-driven swings.

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Related Words

• buried 
• deceased 
• late 
• lifeless 
• unalive