for nothing
• at no cost; without payment.
• "working for nothing is a luxury I can't afford"
Similar:
free,
gratis,
without charge,
without payment,
free of charge,
at no cost,
for free,
on the house,
• to no purpose.
• "he died anyway, so it had all been for nothing"
Similar:
in vain,
to no avail,
to no purpose,
with no result,
needlessly,
pointlessly,
futilely,
bootlessly,
not for nothing
• for a very good reason.
• "not for nothing have I a brother-in-law who cooks professionally"
