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

Anthropic itself says the new detection mark only shows Claude had a hand in something, not that a Claude model generated the entire thing. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

A lot of young people think that what Luigi Mangione is alleged to have done is not that bad. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

However, the much bigger story is not that OpenAI paused work involving Astra. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

That does not suggest an update for the current Android 17 is coming anytime soon, not that Google’s new release offers much so far to set itself apart from Android 16. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not that

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