think nothing of

verb

To consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.

“I had seen that my neighbours' door was open, but I thought nothing of it at the time, until I heard their house had been broken into.”

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Meanings

verbthink nothing of (third-person singular simple present thinks nothing of, present participle thinking nothing of, simple past and past participle thought nothing of)

present singular third person thinks nothing of · participle present thinking nothing of · participle past thought nothing of · past thought nothing of

  1. To consider as straightforward or normal an activity or situation others regard as unusual, wrong, or difficult.

    I had seen that my neighbours' door was open, but I thought nothing of it at the time, until I heard their house had been broken into.

    1 more example

    He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].

    2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

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