If not
If not adverb - Perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than.
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Not counting and if not are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Not counting" with "If not", this phrases are similar.
Not counting
If not and not counting are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "If not" with "Not counting", this phrases are similar.
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Not counting the fact that Mystique was originally intended to be Nightcrawler's father, so if not for some editor, he'd fall into the Human Mom Female Dad variety.
Source: Human Mom, Non-Human Dad -
This being a billion or so people (not counting the collateral deaths) with no plausible explanation, you'd probably be terrified, shell-shocked, if not suicidal.
Source: Angst? What Angst? - But if not... Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Torpedos are the only weapon that can destroy capital ships (not counting the Wave Motion Gun).
Source: Video Game / Starlancer
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Not counting and If not. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/not_counting
If not & Not counting. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/if_not/not_counting>.
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