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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Lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement, and just-in-time processes from our classic production systems are nowhere near being obsolete.
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Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
This significant sum is still nowhere near the scale of the cuts Republicans apparently want to make.
—Nicole Huberfeld, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
The United States is nowhere near the point of robotic baristas.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
And the difficulties, of course, is that Europe as a continent, is nowhere near ready to replace the U.S., say overnight, in terms of securing NATO's defenses in Europe.
—Adam Bearne, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
This significant sum is still nowhere near the scale of the cuts Republicans apparently want to make.
—Nicole Huberfeld, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
The United States is nowhere near the point of robotic baristas.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
And the difficulties, of course, is that Europe as a continent, is nowhere near ready to replace the U.S., say overnight, in terms of securing NATO's defenses in Europe.
—Adam Bearne, NPR, 21 Feb. 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 10 Mar. 2025.
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