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I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like.
Nellie Bly

Meaning of "not the faintest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NOT THE FAINTEST

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WHAT DOES NOT THE FAINTEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of not the faintest in the English dictionary

The definition of not the faintest in the dictionary is no idea whatsoever.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOT THE FAINTEST

not proven
not put it past someone
not really?
not so dusty
not spare oneself
not take a feather out of someone
not take kindly to
not take no for an answer
not that
not the foggiest
not the full quid
not to go nap on
not to have a clue
not to mention something
not to put too fine a point on it
not to say
not to worry
not touch with a bargepole
not true
not turn a hair

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOT THE FAINTEST

at the latest
attest
beauty contest
blood test
blood-test
contest
drug test
Eurovision Song Contest
fittest
greatest
hottest
knockout contest
latest
protest
road test
road-test
talent contest
test
the greatest
the latest

Synonyms and antonyms of not the faintest in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «not the faintest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOT THE FAINTEST

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The translations of not the faintest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «not the faintest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

没有最暗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no el más débil
570 millions of speakers

English

not the faintest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नहीं faintest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا خفوتا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ни малейшего
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não o mais fraco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

না faintest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pas la moindre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bukan yang paling pudar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht die leiseste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ではないかすか
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하지희미한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora paling faintest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không phải là mờ nhạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மயக்கம் இல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फारस नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

En sönük değil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non la più pallida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nienajsłabsze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

анінайменшого
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nici cea mai vaga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δεν την παραμικρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nie die geringste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inte den blekaste
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ikke den fjerneste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of not the faintest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOT THE FAINTEST»

The term «not the faintest» is regularly used and occupies the 57.727 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOT THE FAINTEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about not the faintest

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3 QUOTES WITH «NOT THE FAINTEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word not the faintest.
1
Nellie Bly
I had never been near insane persons before in my life, and had not the faintest idea of what their actions were like.
2
Richard Jefferies
A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and does, hover in the still, soft atmosphere of early autumn, when the gossamer falls in showers, coming straight down as if it were raining silk.
3
Walker Percy
You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOT THE FAINTEST»

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Modern Nordic Plays
Well, you know . . . FREDRIKSSON No. I haven't the faintest . . . BORJESSON Really, not the faintest ? Not an inkling what we suspect you of? Not the faintest inkling? FREDRIKSSON No, I don't know nothing. BORJESSON Really ? Nothing ?
‎1974
2
The Bedquilt and Other Stories
As he left, he said, "Personally I have not the faintest idea they will penetrate as far as Mandrine — not the faintest!" Of course when Jules left, no one had the faintest idea that his peaceful home town would see anything of the war. That horror ...
Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Mark J. Madigan, 1997
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Great Tales of Terror
You hadn't the ghost of a right to open it—not the faintest right in the world. It is all sheer inference, that is all. As for believing—there's not the faintest proof—not the faintest. Who can care now? But, no; somehow you got to know, without the ...
S. T. Joshi, 2013
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The Mirror of Parliament for the ... Session of the ... ...
In the same speech the Right Reverend Prelate quoted statements said to have been made by me, totally different from anything which I ever uttered ; they bear not the faintest resemblance to any observations which were ever made by me.
John Henry Barrow, 1838
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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
He elsewhere says: “ What there is not the shadow of a reason for saying that the Fathers held, what has not the faintest pretensions of being a Catholic truth, is this, that St. Peter or his successors were and are universal Bishops, that they ...
John Henry Newman, 2005
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An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
He elsewhere says : "What there is not the shadow of a reason for saying that the Fathers held, what has not the faintest pretensions of being a Catholic truth, is this, that St. Peter or his successors were and are universal Bishops, that they ...
Cardinal John Henry Newman, 2007
7
Gertrude Stein, Modernism, and the Problem of "genius"
The consciousness without memory seems to approach as its limit, simply a condition in which the subject has not the faintest inkling of what he has written, but feels quite sure that he has been writing. (NM A, 1 7) "Consciousness without  ...
Barbara Will, 2000
8
His Pregnant Bride (Mills & Boon By Request): Pregnant by ...
'I've not the faintest idea what you're talking about, but I know I've had enough of this,' she said, getting to her feet. 'And you,' she flung over her shoulder. 'Don't walk away while I'm talking to you!' She swung back. 'You're not talking, you're ...
Kim Lawrence, Robyn Donald, Barbara McMahon, 2009
9
Making the Most of Life
... rising on the far-away horizon of our being, but God sees it. There is not a heart -hunger, not a wish to be holier and better, not an aspiration to be more Christ- like, not a craving to live for God and be a blessing to others, not the faintest desire ...
J. R. Miller, 1st World Library, 2006
10
A treatise on the diseases of the eye
Thus the term " amaurosis " is often confined to cases of absolute blindness, in which there is not the faintest perception of even very strong light ; the name " amblyopia " embracing all degrees of impaired sight. Liebreich* distinguishes three ...
John Soelberg Wells, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOT THE FAINTEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term not the faintest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revisiting the Town of the Most Famous Horse Sex Death in …
Even the owner of the animal that decimated Pinyan's insides had not the faintest idea of what Pinyan and his circle were up to. The neighbors ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
2
For Love or Profit? The Different Worlds of the Pope and the President
“We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do ... «Center for Effective Government, Jul 15»
3
One cow went to mow
There is not the faintest suggestion of a breeze, just a slightly oppressive expectant stillness that even the fluttering of green-veined white ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Ashes hype and fireworks gave way to glorious first day of cricket at …
Not “cricket”, or “cricket”; just cricket, in all its weird knobbly splendour. Who will win the Ashes? After day one, we have not the faintest idea. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Timeless Test Blows Away the Smoke and Fireworks
Not "cricket", or "cricket"; just cricket, in all its weird knobbly splendour. Who will win the Ashes? After day one, we have not the faintest idea. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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The Best Quotes (and Key Themes) From the Pope's Environmental …
We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Get Hard (Blu-ray)
It's an approach that helps to keep the bitrate stratospherically high, and there's not the faintest sputter or stutter in this flawless AVC encode. «DVD Talk, Jun 15»
8
Mt 8:5-17 Lord, I Am Not Worthy
We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do ... «DFW Catholic, Jun 15»
9
Why leftists should welcome the Pope's new encyclical
... with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their supposed superiority and ... «Rappler, Jun 15»
10
Key excerpts from the Pope's encyclical on the environment
We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»

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