not in the same league
idiom
: not at the same level of ability
The two chefs are not in the same league.
He's a pretty good writer, but he's not in the same league as she is.
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While not in the same league as China and East Asian neighbors, India is a sizeable trading power with exports and imports totaling over $1 trillion last year.
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Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Not condemning it because its a lovely river-the-star occasion as Tim engagingly notes, but not in the same league as Wimbles or the globe's top footer competition.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
That team is the Giants, who are in the same division as the Eagles, just not in the same league.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
But the broad range of institutional factors that ultimately help nurture creativity and initiative across society are not in the same league.
—George Magnus, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Another paragraph or two: As athletes, however, Putin and Lukashenko are not in the same league as Kim Jong-il, the late North Korean dictator.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
But said Baker is not in the same league as the likes of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2021
Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs—those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic—are simply not in the same league.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
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Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Not condemning it because its a lovely river-the-star occasion as Tim engagingly notes, but not in the same league as Wimbles or the globe's top footer competition.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
That team is the Giants, who are in the same division as the Eagles, just not in the same league.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
But the broad range of institutional factors that ultimately help nurture creativity and initiative across society are not in the same league.
—George Magnus, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Another paragraph or two: As athletes, however, Putin and Lukashenko are not in the same league as Kim Jong-il, the late North Korean dictator.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
But said Baker is not in the same league as the likes of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray.
—Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2021
Silent, asymptomatic breakthroughs—those that are effectively invisible in the absence of a virus-hunting diagnostic—are simply not in the same league.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
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“Not in the same league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20in%20the%20same%20league. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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