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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The Heat’s 2024-25 season, and now offseason, has been anything but uneventful.
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Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Their status as a pot 1 team should theoretically give them a good chance of changing that this time around, but their group looks anything but straightforward.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The campaign surrounding Douglas County’s quest for home-rule authority has been anything but quiet.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
But in practice, the process is anything but transparent or democratic.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Their status as a pot 1 team should theoretically give them a good chance of changing that this time around, but their group looks anything but straightforward.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The campaign surrounding Douglas County’s quest for home-rule authority has been anything but quiet.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
But in practice, the process is anything but transparent or democratic.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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