not nearly
idiom
: much less than : not at all
There's not nearly enough flour for a cake here.
It's not nearly as late as I thought it was.
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And that’s not nearly enough for the hundreds of millions of dollars and draft resources allocated after the 2019 roster dismantling.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Medieval history, metaphysics, and geology were not nearly enough to keep Leibniz busy in early 1686.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
These chips deliver up to 13 NPU TOPS, more than most of Intel's Arrow Lake lineup, but that's not nearly enough to be considered a Copilot+ PC.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
While not nearly a defender of Butler’s status, there is a Butler-like grit on both sides of the ball, a player whose best work comes in the post and in attack mode.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Medieval history, metaphysics, and geology were not nearly enough to keep Leibniz busy in early 1686.
—Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
These chips deliver up to 13 NPU TOPS, more than most of Intel's Arrow Lake lineup, but that's not nearly enough to be considered a Copilot+ PC.
—PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
While not nearly a defender of Butler’s status, there is a Butler-like grit on both sides of the ball, a player whose best work comes in the post and in attack mode.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Not nearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20nearly. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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