Usage of "for nothing"

Without success, without the desired effect.

Uso de for nothing em inglês

The RNC calls for nothing less than a sea change in attitudes. 
 The Guardian 

To get something for nothing is the fundamental immorality in the world. 
 Stories from Everybody's Magazine 

Yes, even if the intern says they're happy to work for nothing. 
 The Guardian 

He has seen such horrors today that my tears count for nothing. 
 The Kingmaker’s Daughter 

Make them understand that-thatyou are perfectly willing to work for nothing. 
 Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1 

I've come out into the cold for nothing, I said to myself. 
 A duty to the dead 

Personal quarrels should go for nothing in face of the common wrong. 
 The Ivory Trail 

Jonny on the possibility of fatherhood: My daughter will want for nothing. 
 The Guardian 

That's how I read it; for nothing else will fit the facts. 
 Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels 

Malloy and Fisk say he's a useless, pretty object, good for nothing. 
 A reliable wife 

They don't call her the new Kate Moss for nothing, you know. 
 The Guardian 

Loyal Teuta, who followed her everywhere and asked for nothing in return. 
 Imperatrix 

She gave me a place to stay and has asked for nothing. 
 The incumbent 

Nobody needs to tell Padraig Harrington that you get nothing for nothing. 
 The Irish Times 

This might be for nothing, but I have to know the truth. 
 Monster Hunter Vendetta 

They don't call it the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes for nothing. 
 Witch heart 

Significados de for nothing em inglês