no comment
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3.5
- idiom
- /noʊ ˈkɑːmənt/
- Literature
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sin comentarios
- During the press conference, the senator repeatedly said no comment when asked about the scandal.
- make no comment
I can post a picture of me and my girlfriend with no comment.
- I can post a picture of me and my girlfriend with no comment.
- I mean, sister went no, I went no comment.
- The fact that he said that just say I have no comment.
- MP Oh, no comment, mate, No comment.
- So what we've got here is basically a whole huge percentage of no information, no comment, I don't know.
- You know, I have not make no comment on that.
- Yeah, just a load of bullshit, right, You know, and, and, and and I kept my mouth shut and I didn't grasp my mate up and he went no comment.
Examples
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We have no comment.
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So I've no comment on that from my side of things.
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People in charge at the plant had no comment.
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I got to tell the press that you had no comment.
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The President will be making a statement in due time; until then, we have no comment.
Fiction book (1997) -
There would be no comment from the other man.
Fiction book (1996) -
I had been well trained to show no reaction, make no comment.
Academic text (1998) -
Eric just kept saying that the NRA had no comment on the Aurora event.
Blog text (18) -
For nine months now, Dominion Virginia Power has said "no comment" to every inquiry from the Virginian-Pilot.
Blog text (13) -
During the Republican Convention, Mitt Romney made no comment about deferred action, leaving undocumented students afraid to apply.
Blog text (6)
Antonyms
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'no' (negation/refusal) with 'comment' (a spoken or written opinion), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means a refusal to give an opinion or answer. This is a conventional, formulaic refusal used across languages and follows normal compositional negation patterns, making it accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase no comment is made of no and comment and comes from people facing reporters who choose to say nothing and use those two words instead of answering. So, it means 'not to answer questions'.