none the

idiom

—used in phrases with adjectives such as worse, better, etc., to say that someone or something is not any worse, better, etc., than before

—often + for

We had to change our plans, but we were none the worse for it in the end.

She's been traveling constantly for the past several weeks, but she seems to be none the worse for wear.

The restaurant replaced the lobster with crab and the customers were none the wiser.

Examples of none the in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Soto learned that Baty had always had his eye on black-on-black SUV and dropped $92,000 to gift one to his fellow Met. Baty was none the wiser until traveling secretary Edgar Suero asked him for his insurance information Wednesday. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025

Dylan seems none the wiser, telling Rob about Derrick’s suspicions of Britney. —Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 Feb. 2025

Timothy is on the verge of prison time and has lost all his wealth, though his family is none the wiser. —Julia Moore, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025

But the victim managed to escape the ambush with her property in hand, and the thieves fled the station none the richer. —Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025

And until recently, the rest of the world was none the wiser. —Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024

In the footage, Marshall trotted into the kitchen while his owner had her back turned was none the wiser. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

The Oilers had two power-play goals in each of the last two games, after none the first four games. —Stephen Hawkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024

Though an innocent Garrett (Colton Dunn) cracks under the pressure and views of Dina's assets and falsely confesses to the crime, all's well that ends well as Glenn recovers some irregular produce from another Cloud 9 store, with his bosses none the wiser. —Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

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