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better than nothing
preferable to having nothing
If something is better than nothing, it is not ideal but is still useful compared with having nothing.
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The temporary job is not perfect, but it is better than nothing.
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Not: better than no thing
Say: better than nothing
Use the single pronoun "nothing" in this fixed comparison.
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How it fits in a sentence.
be better than nothing; something is better than nothing
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The temporary job is not perfect, but it is better than nothing.
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better than nothing
preferable to having nothing
“The temporary job is not perfect, but it is better than nothing.”
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