anything but

phrase

: not at all

He looked anything but happy.

Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.

This problem is anything but new.

Examples of anything but in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tabor said the nicknames aren’t born out of anything but keeping the meetings interesting. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026

Ava Joan wouldn’t eat or drink anything but a few grapes and some Sprite in a sippy cup. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026

While the drug’s appearance is new, the pattern of its emergence is anything but. — New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2026

Yet these trajectories, as they are mapped out here, are anything but consistent. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for anything but

• abut
• catgut
• chesnut
• chestnut
• donut
• doughnut
• groundnut
• haircut
• hindgut
• midgut
• precut
• rebut