nothing of the kind

idiom

: not at all like the thing mentioned : nothing like the thing mentioned

"He's really pretty arrogant, isn't he?" "No! He's nothing of the kind. He's a very friendly and helpful man."

This technology is completely new. Nothing of the kind has ever been seen before.

Examples of nothing of the kind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adams and other mayors must explain to fire-breathing Chairman James Comer and his colleagues that the sanctuary policies in their cities do nothing of the kind and are meant to promote the safety and health of all residents. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025

But Stefanik said the gesture was nothing of the kind. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025

But Sunday’s regular-season finale at Gillette Stadium promises to be nothing of the kind, what with the 3-13 Patriots looking to just get it all over with and the 13-3 Bills looking to rest their starters in advance of the playoffs. —Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025

But their hodgepodge of examples proves nothing of the kind. —Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013

Though Napoleon’s troops were accused of defacing the sphinx nothing of the kind ever occurred. —Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

But Justice Antonin Scalia’s 5-4 majority opinion said nothing of the kind. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022

Surveillance footage from a nearby store showed nothing of the kind. —Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022

In truth, it’s been nothing of the kind. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021

Rhymes for nothing of the kind

• aligned
• alined
• assigned
• behind
• combined
• confined
• consigned
• declined
• defined
• designed
• divined
• enshrined