nowhere near

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Adverb

nowhere near

  1. Not by a large margin, not nearly, not at all.
    He's not bad, but he's nowhere near as good as me.
    We have nowhere near enough money to buy you a car.
    • 2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport:
      England, defensively, were not good enough - nowhere near the standard that would be acceptable at the highest international level.

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