何も＋Verb / Noun (?) / Adj (?)＋ない

Question

According to jlptsensei and other sources (google), for the 何も〜ない construct, all of verbs, nouns, and adjectives can be used. But however, from all of the sources and my intuition, I can't find examples of using either noun nor adj. in this construct. Does anyone have any examples? Or is it that only verbs are used here?

e.g.

• 何もしていません　（verb: する）
• 何もしたくないです (only class of adjectives I can think of stems from a verb, e.g.: したい)
• この話題について何も知っていることがない (verb: ある)

but, I don't see how nouns and other adjectives fit in here, e.g.:

• X 何もケーキじゃないです
• X 何も熱いじゃないです

Answer 1

With an i-adjective, you can say:

この本は何も面白くない。
This book is not interesting at all.

何も熱くないよ。
It's not hot at all!

Keep in mind that i-adjectives don't take だ.

With a noun, for example you can say:

彼には何も欠点がない。
He has no faults at all.

何も欲しいものはない。
I want nothing at all.

Use 何も only in the context of choosing one type of thing from many possibilities. When the noun is countable and you want to say there is not even one, you should use 1つもない, 1本もない, 1円もない and so on. Compare the following:

ここには何も本がない。
There is not even one (type of) book here whatsoever.

ここには1冊も本がない。
There is not even one book here.

EDIT: If you wanted to say "This is not a book by any means", you should say まったく instead. (何も is not incorrect in colloquial speech, though)

これはまったく本ではない。
This is not a book by any means. (It's a tablet.)

これは絶対に本ではない。
This is absolutely not a book.

Answer 2

You could use a noun with 何も to express your opinion that something doesn’t qualify as the said noun at all.

何も悲劇ではない。
It is not a tragedy at all (although some may call it a tragedy).

何も名案ではない。
It is not a good idea at all (although some may claim it to be).