no place
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5.7
- idiom
:
no tener cabida
- In a professional environment, gossiping has no place if we want to maintain a respectful atmosphere.
- no place in public
- no place in modern times
- no place in history
Individual rights had no place in modern war.
- Individual rights had no place in modern war.
- And you, Trump, have no place in this free country.
- But you have no place at the table because you caused this.
- It should be understood that the town is a European area in which there's no place for the London native who neither works nor serves his or her people.
- It's hard to measure that, but there's no place for this, this toxin, neurotoxin in our and the problem is it's fat soluble.
- It's going to make like half the country or more again, realize that there's no place for their views or their beliefs or people like them at a major network like NBC.
- That there is no place to make error with artificial intelligence in the sense of how fast it can impact human civilization, human society.
Examples
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Mr Stamphill, there's no place in my courtroom for sarcasm.
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Hate and discrimination have no place in our society, and we must work to eliminate them.
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Individual rights had no place in modern war.
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The street's no place for a dog.
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You may be thinking this is no place for a young child.
Academic text (2016) -
There is no place in our community for racist or violent acts.
Academic text (2016) -
Such diatribe has no place in a civilized world.
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Terry, there's no place that's safe for you now on the waterfront.
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This is no place for a child, as the conversation is too adult-themed.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not suitable for a particular time or purpose
35
3.8
Not enough space or chance for what you want
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2.6
Not right for a person, place, or purpose
How Appropriate
Surface Forms
Morphology
no + place
The meaning 'not appropriate or suitable' is directly derivable from combining 'no' (negation) with 'place' (location/situation): 'no place for X' naturally indicates that something is not an appropriate context. This compositional pattern is common in English and parallels constructions in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
No place comes from the simple image of a room or a chair: if something has no place, there is literally 'no seat' or room for it, so it does not belong. That's why we say something has no place when it is 'not appropriate' in a situation.