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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Many advocates for homeless people argue that the encroachment law and camping ban end up criminalizing poverty, especially because the region’s shelter system has nowhere near enough space for everybody asking for beds.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
Yet Mamdani is nowhere near the household name that Cuomo is.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Tong’s fastball has improved since signing but is nowhere near Linceum’s upper-90s heater.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
But the House of Cards production itself, while very good, was nowhere near as wildly different as Survivor and would have been right at home as another gritty antihero drama on HBO.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 May 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
Yet Mamdani is nowhere near the household name that Cuomo is.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 4 June 2025
Tong’s fastball has improved since signing but is nowhere near Linceum’s upper-90s heater.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
But the House of Cards production itself, while very good, was nowhere near as wildly different as Survivor and would have been right at home as another gritty antihero drama on HBO.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 May 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 11 Jun. 2025.
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