nothing if not

idiom

: to an extreme degree : very
He is nothing if not persistent.

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“Nothing if not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20if%20not. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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