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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Hotels + Resorts Dua Miami is anything but your typical Floridian hotel.
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Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025
Yet the Bears’ current candidate list is anything but short — even after firing Eberflus way back on Nov. 29.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
It’s been anything but that since, especially in the Playoff.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
That latter formulation might sound redundant, but Pearce’s performance, rich in narrative surprise and motivational ambiguity, is anything but obvious.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2025
Yet the Bears’ current candidate list is anything but short — even after firing Eberflus way back on Nov. 29.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
It’s been anything but that since, especially in the Playoff.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
That latter formulation might sound redundant, but Pearce’s performance, rich in narrative surprise and motivational ambiguity, is anything but obvious.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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