nowhere near
idiom
1
: not at all near to
We were nowhere near a hospital.
2
informal
: not at all : not nearly
Their house is nowhere near as nice as yours.
That is nowhere near enough water.
The house is nowhere near finished.
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But the gains among older women are nowhere near enough to counter the sharp falloff in younger generations.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Cole is nowhere near a finished product.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The second act is notoriously rushed and nowhere near as well-regarded as the first.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
That said, this Cowboys team is — unfortunately for those who want to see Jerry Jones cosmically punished — nowhere near a pushover.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Cole is nowhere near a finished product.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The second act is notoriously rushed and nowhere near as well-regarded as the first.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
That said, this Cowboys team is — unfortunately for those who want to see Jerry Jones cosmically punished — nowhere near a pushover.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nowhere near
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“Nowhere near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nowhere%20near. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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