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Idiom

if nothing else

Meaning

At the very least; as a minimum.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“If nothing else, we should at least try to be on time.”

“The movie was quite long and slow, but if nothing else, the music was beautiful.”

“Although the project failed to meet its primary goals, if nothing else, the team learned valuable lessons about communication and resource management.”

Examples

simple

“If nothing else, we should at least try to be on time.”

contextual

“The movie was quite long and slow, but if nothing else, the music was beautiful.”

complex

“Although the project failed to meet its primary goals, if nothing else, the team learned valuable lessons about communication and resource management.”

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