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not the case

not the case adjective: used to show that an anterior explanation does not apply or does not adequately describe the situation.

Adjective

not the case (not comparable)

  1. Used to show that an anterior explanation does not apply or does not adequately describe the situation.
    • Many people think teens who play violent video games are at an increased risk of becoming a violent criminal, especially a murderer, but scientific studies debunk this and indicate that this is not the case.

not the case meaning in Hindi

not the case in Hindi

not the case, not even, not at all
कहाँ kahā̃

Questions about not the case

What does not the case mean?
Not the case means used to show that an anterior explanation does not apply or does not adequately describe the situation.
What is not the case in Hindi?
Not the case in Hindi is कहाँ (kahā̃). See Not the case meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is not the case?
Not the case is an adjective.

Words near not the case in the dictionary

  1. not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
  2. not that
  3. not that I know of
  4. not the brightest bulb
  5. not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
  6. not the case
  7. not the end of the world
  8. not the sharpest crayon in the box
  9. not the sharpest knife in the drawer
  10. not the sharpest knives in the drawer
  11. not the sharpest pencil in the box

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Adapted from Wiktionary: not the case (page history and authors); कहाँ (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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