anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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While the slasher premise is typical, the execution is anything but.
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Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
But officials are acutely aware that the tech is young and brittle, and that generative AI — prediction models trained on vast datasets to generate on-demand text, images, video and human-like conversation — is anything but tailor-made for a dangerous trade steeped in deception.
—Frank Bajak, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
But officials are acutely aware that the tech is young and brittle, and that generative AI — prediction models trained on vast datasets to generate on-demand text, images, video and human-like conversation — is anything but tailor-made for a dangerous trade steeped in deception.
—Frank Bajak, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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