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

In this case, Paramount or Netflix would be subsuming a studio that’s been successful at putting butts in cinema seats—not that getting audiences into the cinemas has been a priority for Netflix, anyway. —David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025

And what changes is not that the grief goes away, but your ability to deal with it. —Olivia Young, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

Howe spoke to people around the NFL who seem to be worried about Jackson's future, questioning whether or not that same elite talent is still there. —Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025

The result is not that different from Cena in spokesperson mode, which he’s done for years for brands like Hefty, Mountain Dew, Neutrogena, Michelob Ultra, and Capri Sun. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for not that

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