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nothing

2 adverb
     
nothing2
1

be/seem/look nothing like somebody/something

to have no qualities or features that are similar to someone or something else:
She's nothing like her brother.
She looked nothing like her photograph.
2

be nothing less than something

also be nothing short of something used to emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality or seems to be something:
His behaviour was nothing short of rudeness.
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