Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have nothing to lose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: have noth-ing -to lose
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be in a situation that could improve by doing something and that will not be any worse if it fails.

Example Sentences

"to have nothing to lose and everything to gain"
"you have nothing to lose but your chains"
"They say that nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing to lose."
"When ya ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose"
"When there’s nothing to lose and nothing to prove, I’ll be dancing with myself; oh, oh, o-oh."
"He is noted for coming up with his 'wager', in which he argued that he was prepared to believe in God on the grounds that he had nothing to lose if he was wrong, and everything to gain should he be right."

Inflected Forms

has nothing to lose (present, singular) having nothing to lose (participle, present) had nothing to lose (participle, past) had nothing to lose (past)

Phrases

you will own nothing and be happy may as well might as well what the hell

Frequently Paired Words

you will own nothing and be happy may as well might as well possessionlessness what the hell

Questions

What does have nothing to lose mean?: To be in a situation that could improve by doing something and that will not be any worse if it fails.

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