nil adjective

Examples of nil in a Sentence

They took a 2 to nil lead in the second half of the game. the difference in the audio performance of those two CD players is nil
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With the score tied at nil-nil, Coda has his penalty saved, awarded when Giuseppe Sibilli was brought down in the area. David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Lozano left the field, tried to rally, but never rejoined a match that would end nil-nil. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 This was total obliteration too, a three-nil whitewash that was clinical and composed. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nil

Word History

Etymology

Latin, nothing, contraction of nihil, from Old Latin nihilum, from ne- not + hilum trifle — more at no

First Known Use

circa 1550, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nil was circa 1550

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“Nil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

nil

noun
: nothing at all : zero
nil adjective

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