nowhere near

idiom

: not at all near to

We were nowhere near a hospital.

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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Campbell said the city is nowhere near exceeding its available water supplies, even with uncertainty on the Colorado. —

Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024 The elections of 2016 and 2020 were very close in the states that determined the Electoral College results – but still nowhere near Florida-in-2000 close. —

Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024 But individual transactions are nowhere near enough. —

Nina Seega, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 Historical efforts to control hurricanes have failed Jim Fleming of Colby College has studied historical efforts to control the weather and thinks humans have nowhere near the practical technology to get there. —

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