What does all-or-nothing mean?
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all-or-noth·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
all-or-none, all-or-nothingadjective
occurring completely or not occurring at all
Wiktionary
all-or-nothingadjective
that will either completely succeed or completely fail
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all-or-nothing
All-or-nothing refers to a situation or principle where something is either complete and whole, or non-existent or unachieved. There is no middle ground, partial condition, compromise, or incremental scale. It's a state where outcomes are either fully realized or completely denied.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of all-or-nothing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of all-or-nothing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of all-or-nothing in a Sentence
Partial DNRs( Do Not Resuscitate orders) are helpful in allowing families to feel empowered and have some input, those staunchly ‘ all ’ or ‘ nothing ’ don’t understand subtleties in providing the most compassionate and appropriate care. By placing an unwanted tube, you steal their last opportunity to talk to their family, to tell them ‘ I love you. ’.
I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
This really is not a question of legal precedent, but more one of how far can people push the boundaries of asking for voluntary donations without really having a cohesive plan as to where the money will go, this is an ‘ all-or-nothing ’ campaign, so if he does not raise $ 1.6 billion, everyone gets refunded. But imagine if he received $ 10 million in donations, and did a ‘ flexible funding ’ campaign where he actually gets the money, even if he did not reach the goal ? What would happen then ? That is the real problem, is if some scam artist tried to take advantage of a situation like this.
I'm so sick of hearing Steve Mnuchin, and that Nancy Pelosi argue back and forth about the amount of money, you know, with Nancy Pelosi, it's all or nothing. With Steve Mnuchin, it's like, well, this is what the President said. And meanwhile, back at the ranch, all of us are sitting here trying to figure out how we're going to eat next week.
It turns out that certain opposition forces and those external forces which are their patrons are continuing to rely exclusively on achieving their own plans and clearly inflated ambitions, acting on the principle 'all or nothing'.
Translations for all-or-nothing
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- omnibus aut nihilLatin
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