not unless

phrase

: only if

"Will I have to pay?" "Not unless you want to."

Examples of not unless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But Olise won’t be wearing them – well, not unless France surprise us by playing all in pink in their World Cup semi-final against Spain. — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026

But the Mountain West and WCC will be hard-pressed to corral even one — not unless the competitive dynamics change and someone becomes the new Utah State or the new Saint Mary’s. — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026

But Pakistan was no longer renewing Afghans’ visas, even for the extortionate prices that Saman and Farhad had always paid—not unless the family returned to Afghanistan and presented their passports at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026

But the fundamentals don’t support a sustained march into triple-digit territory — not unless oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are significantly constrained. — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for not unless

• sunless