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better than nothing

ADJECTIVE
tolerable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adequate allowable bearable decent livable presentable respectable satisfactory sufficient sustainable
WEAK
all right average common endurable fair fair to middling fairly good goodish indifferent mediocre middling not bad okay ordinary passable run-of-the-mill so-so sufferable supportable tidy unexceptionable unexceptional unimpeachable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inadequate insufficient intolerable poor unacceptable unbearable unfit unrespectable unsuitable
WEAK
bad

Example Sentences

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But it's better than nothing, he thought: "It's good that the museum exists."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

But that’s a lot better than nothing — which, until recently, was all medicine could offer those with dementia.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025

A number of world governments have signed on for air deliveries, their thinking being that some aid entering Gaza is better than nothing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

But even setting aside $350, $100 or even $50 a month is better than nothing.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

A good number of medications have the property that they’re demonstrably better than nothing, but not by much.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos