not even one

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Not even one is an emphatic way of saying none or zero, stressing the complete absence of something: Not even one person showed up.

The phrase adds rhetorical force beyond simply saying "none," highlighting that the expected minimum wasn't met: I checked every box and found not even one that was undamaged.

Related
  • noOpposite of yes
  • zeroNumerical absence of quantity
  • nadaBorrowed zero
  • nullAbsence indicator in code
  • naughtNothing at all

zilch · emptiness · voidness · denied · nonbeing · goose egg · absence · squat · excluded · fat chance · no way · impossible · nothingness · cipher · blank · rejected · vacuity · diddly

Opposites
quantity/amount

not even oneevery single one

all · every one · many · plenty · numerous

totality/inclusion

not even oneevery last one

all · each and every · the whole lot · one and all · everybody

Family

not, none, nothing, nought, never, even, evenly, evenness, uneven

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G