never so much as

idiom

used to say that someone did not do something that was expected or should have been done
She never so much as thanked me for my help.

Examples of never so much as in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, unlike just about any real person of her generation raised in a major metropolis, Joanne has never so much as heard the word shalom. Judy Berman, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024 The club acquired the rights to the two-time World Cup champion in a December 2021 trade with the Chicago Red Stars but Ertz never so much as tried on a uniform, stepping away from the game to give birth to her first child, a boy, last August. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023

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“Never so much as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/never%20so%20much%20as. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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