Meanings
- idiomaticAn official refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.First known use c. 1950
The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that the culprit might be a flight risk.
- idiomaticsarcasticA refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.
Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before. Wrex: I still don't have a window like Liara does... but maybe that's because I don't kiss as well. [laughter] Shepard: No comment. Wrex: Yeah [laughter]... I missed this place.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
Translations
Arabic لا تعليق, لا تعليق
- لا تعليق"official" refusal to relay any further information
- لا تعليقrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Chinese Mandarin 無可奉告 /无可奉告, 不予置評 /不予置评
- 無可奉告 /无可奉告 (wúkě fènggào)"official" refusal to relay any further information
- 不予置評 /不予置评 (bù yǔ zhìpíng)"official" refusal to relay any further information
Czech bez komentáře
- bez komentáře"official" refusal to relay any further information
Finnish en kommentoi, en kommentoi
- en kommentoi"official" refusal to relay any further information
- en kommentoirefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
French sans commentaire, sans commentaire
- sans commentaire"official" refusal to relay any further information
- sans commentairerefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
- no commentrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
German kein Kommentar, kein Kommentar
- kein Kommentar"official" refusal to relay any further information
- kein Kommentarrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Italian no comment, no comment
- no comment"official" refusal to relay any further information
- no commentrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Japanese ノーコメント, 何も言うことはありません
- ノーコメント (nōkomento)"official" refusal to relay any further information
- 何も言うことはありません (nani mo iu koto wa arimasen)"official" refusal to relay any further information
Korean 노코멘트
- 노코멘트 (nokomenteu)"official" refusal to relay any further information
Norwegian Bokmål ingen kommentar
- ingen kommentar"official" refusal to relay any further information
Polish bez komentarza, bez komentarza
- bez komentarza"official" refusal to relay any further information
- bez komentarzarefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Portuguese sem comentários, sem comentários
- sem comentários"official" refusal to relay any further information
- sem comentáriosrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Russian без коммента́риев, без коммента́риев
- без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev)"official" refusal to relay any further information
- без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev)refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
- коммента́рии изли́шни (kommentárii izlíšni)refusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Spanish sin comentarios
- sin comentarios"official" refusal to relay any further information
Swedish inga kommentarer
- inga kommentarer"official" refusal to relay any further information
Vietnamese miễn bàn
- miễn bànrefusal to say the obvious impolite retort
Cite this entry
no comment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20comment
“no comment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20comment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “no comment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20comment.
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