no matter meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

no matter

intj

Etymology Shortened from earlier it makes no matter, it is no matter.

US, Dated It doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference.

It seems that Doug's coat has gone missing. Oh, well, no matter: we can always buy a new one, now can't we?
"Did you fail your exam?" "Yes, but no matter. I'll just study harder next time."

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My Aunt Rachel brought Jane's dresses for me to wear/Perfectly Good Clothes/And I should've been glad to get them/Perfectly Good Clothes/No matter they didn't fit quite right1988, Kate Rushin, “The Black Back-Ups”, in Barbara Smith, editor, Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology:
Sadly, [Anna] Wintour did not control the weather, which was disappointingly inclement. But, no matter, because the event was awash with a “tsunami of love”.2025 June 21, Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

prep

Etymology Shortened from earlier it makes no matter, it is no matter.

Irrespective of, regardless of, in spite of.

As an experienced geologist, he can identify any rock no matter where he finds it.
No matter what the excuse, you must not be late.

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We can fix your plumbing no matter the problem.
I'll pick you up at the airport on Friday no matter when your flight arrives.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17: