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.

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“Not that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20that. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.

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