anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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While this one-bowl, single-layer cake might be simple to make, its flavor is anything but basic.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
But since their start through a 2022 audition program &AUDITION-The Howling, the nine members have proven that their story is anything but simple — a journey of passion, challenge and brotherhood.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
But, Topicals’ rise has been anything but traditional.
—Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
But the rollout was anything but an innovative whirlwind; the launch was so bad that OpenAI was forced to restore access to GPT-4 while the problems got smoothed out.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
But since their start through a 2022 audition program &AUDITION-The Howling, the nine members have proven that their story is anything but simple — a journey of passion, challenge and brotherhood.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
But, Topicals’ rise has been anything but traditional.
—Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
But the rollout was anything but an innovative whirlwind; the launch was so bad that OpenAI was forced to restore access to GPT-4 while the problems got smoothed out.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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