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.

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Whether or not that will remain true once SearchGPT gets going is up for debate. —

Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024 The concern is not that the Ukrainian military would do something hazardous with loose nukes. —

William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024 Both aim to improve handling, not that the MX-5 handled like a drunk camel in the first place. —

Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 That’s not that long in the grand scheme of things, but gaming laptops don't generally last much longer when playing games off the charger, and realistically, nearly 3 hours of an uninterrupted open-world RPG is a pretty solid single-sitting gaming session. —

Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not that