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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As a Georgia native who has lived in other states as well, clear, blue waters are not nearly considered the norm for rivers. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025 Several experts, for example, said not nearly enough has been done to make sure an expanding bird flu pandemic in animals doesn’t turn into a global health catastrophe for people. —

Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 And the winds, while still high, are not nearly as bad as when the fires first broke out on Tuesday. —

ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025 Otherwise, the Heat got 20 points and eight rebounds from center Bam Adebayo and 17 points from guard Tyler Herro, which proved not nearly enough to keep Spoelstra’s team afloat. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for not nearly