nothingness

UK: /ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs/ US: /ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs/ ,(nuth′ing nis)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

noth•ing•ness /ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs/   n. [uncountable]

1. the state or quality of being nothing.
2. absence of meaning or worth;
   emptiness:
   the nothingness of my job.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

noth•ing•ness  (nuth′ing nis), n. 

1. the state of being nothing.
2. something that is nonexistent:
   a view of humanity as suspended between infinity and nothingness.
3. lack of being;
   nonexistence:
   The sound faded into nothingness.
4. unconsciousness or death:
   She remembered a dizzy feeling, then nothingness.
5. utter insignificance, emptiness, or worthlessness;
   triviality:
   The days followed one another in an endless procession of nothingness.
6. something insignificant or without value.

• nothing + -ness 1625–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

nothingness / ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs/ noun

1. the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence
2. absence of consciousness or life
3. complete insignificance or worthlessness
4. something that is worthless or insignificant