Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not a patch on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: not a -patch on
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.

Example Sentences

"The new model is not a patch on the original version."

Questions

What does not a patch on mean?: Not an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.

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