for no good reason

idiom

: with no acceptable explanation
She left for no good reason.

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Unlike the First World War, which started for no good reason and was fought for even less, the American Civil War was understood by the most clear eyed Unionists and Confederates to be, from the outset, something titanic and consequential. Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Do people cancel plans with you at the last minute, flake out for no good reason or just go MIA? Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025 What is less easy to swallow, executives said, is when the deal derails for no good reason. Andy McCullough, New York Times, 29 July 2025 Schoenberg even wrote a terrific MGM-style Hollywood Bowl fanfare that for no good reason never gets played. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for for no good reason

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“For no good reason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20no%20good%20reason. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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