nothingness

noun

noth·​ing·​ness ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs 

1

: the quality or state of being nothing: such as

a

: nonexistence

b

: utter insignificance

c

: death

2

: something insignificant or valueless

3

: void, emptiness

Synonyms

• dead
• deadness
• death
• grave
• lifelessness
• sleep

Examples of nothingness in a Sentence

He was staring into nothingness.

The sound faded into nothingness.

Recent Examples on the Web

Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness. —Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024

At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket. —Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024

The star stays visible for around a week, before fading back into nothingness for the best part of the next century. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

WandaVision’s Elizabeth Olsen recently opened up about her own frustrations performing inside the physical nothingness required to bring Marvel’s big-budget projects together in postproduction. —Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1