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.

Examples of not that in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There were no negotiations going on between the two combatants; Russia wasn’t even invited to the conference (not that Russia would have joined). —Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2024

This could mean that people didn’t use the pilot’s debit card for rent — not that rent wasn’t a challenge. —Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024

The reason the election is close is not that the public likes Biden. —Matthew Continetti, National Review, 8 June 2024

Stellantis has been pouring millions of dollars into developing its own electric drive modules (no, not that kind of EDM) at three different US plants to power its future EVs. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 May 2024