not a/one bit

phrase

variants or not (in) the least/smallest/slightest/tiniest bit

: not at all

It didn't interest me a bit.

I'm not the least bit interested in this movie.

Examples of not a/one bit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Naples, though known for its geological instability and its organized crime, fazes them not one bit. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

Toward the east, clear blue sky shined, albeit with not a bit of warm air. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2026

The whole monologue feels bighearted, a little dramatic, and not one bit jaded. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026

For a woman practically synonymous with a garden hat and farm-to-table cooking, that her last will and testament would return her to the soil is perhaps unsurprising, if not a bit unconventional. — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025