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

The northern/central part of Canada The US… Because of our geographic isolation and military/naval dominance, the US basically doesn’t have to worry about anything but nukes. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

At first glance, this brief conversation doesn’t seem particularly special, but the man’s situation is anything but ordinary. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026

Though the formula sounds clinical, the experience is anything but. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Nov. 2026

The firehose of the same few examples in high school and college sports being blasted ad nauseam is not evidence of anything but the power of fear and ignorance of biology. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for anything but

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