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set at naught

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naught

[nawt]
–noun
1. nothing.
2. a cipher (0); zero.
–adjective
3. lost; ruined.
4. Archaic. worthless; useless.
5. Obsolete. morally bad; wicked.
–adverb
6. Obsolete. not.
7. come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
8. set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.
Also, nought.


Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE nauht, nāwiht ( no 1 + wiht thing). See nought, wight 1 , whit
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