Usually means: Without cost, reason, or result.
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  1. for nothing: Merriam-Webster
  2. for nothing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. for nothing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. for nothing: Wiktionary
  5. for nothing: Dictionary.com
  6. for nothing: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. for nothing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. for nothing: Legal dictionary

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  1. for nothing: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (for nothing)

adverb:  For free.
adverb:  For no reason.
adverb:  In vain, uselessly, wastefully, or pointlessly.
adverb:  Without cause or without due cause.

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