of no account
Example Sentences
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But the relationship, it seems, is beyond repair; her fortitude and fidelity of no account.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019
As Dimbleby stresses, in 1942 the wishes of those who lived in this region "were of no account to the principal protagonists".
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012
Such strategies were of no account so long as Germany stayed on the attack.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
As a politician he is of no account.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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