Fails to be
Is not negates a statement of being or condition: The answer is not correct, She is not happy about it.
The contracted form isn't dominates casual speech, while is not adds emphasis or formality: This is not acceptable.
In questions, the contraction inverts: Isn't that your car?
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Fails to be
Is not negates a statement of being or condition: The answer is not correct, She is not happy about it.
The contracted form isn't dominates casual speech, while is not adds emphasis or formality: This is not acceptable.
In questions, the contraction inverts: Isn't that your car?
Related — deny (Refuse to admit); never (At no point); no longer (Past, not present); false · negate · far from it · by no means · none · absent · disagree · nonbeing · doesn't · null
EXISTENCE/AFFIRMATIONis not ≠ is Present-tense existence verb; it is · exists · am · are · there is
truth valueis not ≠ is Present-tense existence verb; affirms · confirms · holds · obtains
not, is, cannot, can't, won't, isn't, aren't, wasn't, shouldn't
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/is_not