if nothing else

idiom

—used to say that something is probably the only thing that is true, acceptable, desirable, or certain because there are no better/worse possibilities

The food is cheap, if nothing else.

If nothing else, there's the party (to go to) this evening.

If nothing else, you should send him a card.

Examples of if nothing else in a Sentence

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But there’s something genuinely unsettling about watching Katherine get stalked by the bubbles from her bath or the room itself somehow teleport around the hotel; if nothing else, the suite is certainly one of the season’s more unusual villains. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025

Of the many alternatives, fuel cells are very attractive, if nothing else for their ability to run on a surprising variety of fuels. —New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025

Symmetric if nothing else, the house has two dining rooms, two living rooms and two primary bedrooms. —David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025

To begin with, the company’s unprovoked faceplant was, if nothing else, one of the biggest public relations misfires in recent corporate history. —Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025