From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnot a singlenot a singleno people or things at all The plane was brought down safely and not a single passenger was killed. We didn’t get a single reply to the advertisement. → single
Examples from the Corpus
not a single• There's not a single burger on the menu.• In this light, a novel is not a single discourse, but a complex of many discourses.• There was not a single light on in the house.• The truth is that not a single one of the official groups organising protests is planning violent action.• There was not a single person in sight.• Not one, my dear, not a single solitary one.• I know of not a single surgeon who ever expressed any regret over these women or apologized to one of them.• By the hunting season in the following year, not a single survivor of the last group could be found.• Perhaps not a single transcript of his testimony goes unmarked by sarcasm, impatience, or outburst. 