not that

idiom

—used to say that something said before is not important

I tried to help, not that it mattered.

I saw him with some other woman, not that I care.

Examples of not that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Stellantis has been pouring millions of dollars into developing its own electric drive modules (no, not that kind of EDM) at three different US plants to power its future EVs. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024

But the Little Island stage, while also outdoors, is not that. —Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 30 May 2024

Well, what’s going wrong is maybe not that surprisingly, a lot of women don’t feel super safe driving. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024

Also, there are a lot of people in our country and not that many funding opportunities. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2024

The trap, of course, exists in the fact that celebrities are not watch designers, and in some cases a celebrity’s taste may not be in perfect alignment with the brand’s tenets, or their taste may just be, well, not that great. —Nora Taylor, Robb Report, 20 May 2024

The video evidence is not that cut and dried for Von Kliem, CEO of Force Science, a research, training and consulting firm that focuses on police use of force. —Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024

Whether or not that’s a good thing may come down to one’s feelings about the U.S. military. —Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 May 2024

The most important takeaway from the Swedish COVID-19 experience is not that Sweden controlled COVID-19 better, but that any national strategy must account for the effects on the country’s economic, social, educational and mental health. —Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 15 May 2024