in no sense

idiom

: in no way : definitely not
This book is in no sense intended for beginners.

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The story is in no sense a petition for the return of the monarchy but contrasts Old World gentility with the heartlessness of the surveillance state, culture against the assassination of culture. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024 The Grimkes of South Carolina were in no sense representative of the South’s slaveholding class. Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022 The evil absurdity of the death sentence pronounced on Rushdie for having written a book actually more exploratory than sacrilegious—in no sense an anti-Muslim invective, but a kind of magical-realist meditation on themes from the Quran—was always obvious. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 So while government bookkeeping ostensibly regards regulation to have costs, benefits and tradeoffs, these are in no sense actually tabulated. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 24 May 2021 But in no sense is China more than living up to the deal now. Calvin Woodward, Star Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020

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“In no sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20no%20sense. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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