not that

idiom

—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

Energy drinks are promising it anyway, and so much more, because there’s simply not that much regulatory oversight on what’s in them or how they're marketed. —Keren Landman, Vox, 17 July 2024

Reynolds even paid out of pocket for his screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to be on set because the scrappier production was not that of a normal comic book tentpole. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 July 2024

There’s also the fact that Bryan has been notably ubiquitous over the past two years ago – not that that’s stunted the success of other massive artists like Taylor Swift and Drake. —Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 July 2024

Whether or not that's the case, according to Perkins, the moment is intended to serve as metaphor for the consuming nature of evil and how people are often complicit in their own destruction. —Megan McCluskey, TIME, 12 July 2024