not that

phrase

—used to say that something said before is not important

I tried to help, not that it mattered.

I saw him with some other woman, not that I care.

Examples of not that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The problem is not that doctors do not know how to treat ectopic pregnancy. — Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

What makes this setup unusual is not that Epic pulls heat out of the ground in winter – ordinary ground-source heat pumps do that in homes across the country. — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Still, these are highly watchable actors, and as a movie to have on in the background while making dinner, Animals — so named for the lawless beast inside all of us, not that there’s much traction in that theme — will play just fine on Netflix. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

That measurement reflects the source of the carbon in the material, not that more than 80 percent of its total weight is plant-based. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for not that

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat