have nothing to do with

1. Be irrelevant, be unrelated, as in Their visit has nothing to do with the holiday . [Early 1600s]

2. Avoid, as in Dad insisted that we have nothing to do with the neighbors, or I won't have anything to do with people who act like that . [Early 1600s] Also see have to do with .

Idioms and Phrases

Also, not have anything to do with .

Example Sentences

Les Cagelles, meanwhile, make clear that conventional beauty standards have nothing to do with cabaret prowess.

From Los Angeles Times

“But they have nothing to do with my taste growing up as a young person outside this industry before I decided to become a filmmaker.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I'm given huge credit for things that have nothing to do with me, because I speak the words and that's the easiest business part of the entire outfit," he said.

From BBC

The more abortion opponents equate justice with the criminalization of conduct related to pregnancy, the more important it will be to distinguish feticide and abortion—and to understand how laws that seem to have nothing to do with punishing pregnant women can have a far darker purpose in our post-Roe world.

From Slate

It is worth saying that the names have nothing to do with the way the Moon looks - it is not going to resemble a beaver in the night sky.

From BBC

Related Words

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• neglect
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• refuse
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• scorn
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