anything but

idiom

: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.

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Playing the Bulls has been anything but fun for the Heat this season, though. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025 Despite the scientific neatness of these evolutionary explanations, the experience of sadness in a breakup is anything but orderly. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Areas to Visit Port Elizabeth Bequia's main town of Port Elizabeth is anything but busy. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025 His road to success and fame was anything but smooth. Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anything but

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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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