korekore ana (nei)
1. absolutely nothing, not a thing, not any, absolutely not, (they) are incapable - an idiom to suggest the complete absence of something.
Korekore ana nei he whakamārama e hāngai pū ana ki te tikanga o tēnei kīwaha (HM 3/1994:3). / There is absolutely no explanation relevant to the meaning of this idiom.
Kia riwha i a rātou tētāhi mahi i tua atu i te whakatuanui, korekore ana nei. / For them to achieve something other than being overbearing, they were completely incapable of doing.
Ahakoa kīia atu au kei mahi pērā kia whakaoko mai nei, korekore ana. / No matter how much you told them not to do that, it made absolutely no difference.
Synonyms: kore noa iho, korekore, he paku aha nei, kāore he aha, pākorehā
