nowhere near

English

Adverb

nowhere near

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.

See also

anywhere near

References

nowhere near (Check: CB, CD, CO, LX, LM, MM, MW, OL, TFD)
“nowhere-not-anywhere-near” (US) / “nowhere-not-anywhere-near” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

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