not yet

1. not comparableNot at the moment nor anytime before it, although expected or possible later.

   Guy is French, and in the context that Arthur is operating, he is not yet white.

   1980, Revista/review Interamericana - Volume 10, Issues 1-3, page 328

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   That which is blackish is not yet black. He who is being enriched is not yet rich. The preparation for a supper is not yet supping.

   1858, Joseph Augustus Seiss, The Baptist System Examined, the Church Vindicated, and Sectarianism Rebuked, page 46

   The rubric in Exhibit 3.2 provides criteria for exemplary, acceptable, and not yet acceptable work.

   2011, Margery B. Ginsberg, Transformative Professional Learning, page 43

   [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

   2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

   Antonyms: already

2. not comparableNot quite; not exactly.

   Having the right condiment or prepared sauce on the table can save the meal for family members not yet ecstatic about new dishes.

   1997, John A. McDougall, Mary McDougall, The New McDougall Cookbook

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   These things, to me, are some evidences that England is not yet utterly forsaken of the Lord its God, though the land be full of sin.

   1851, John Owen, William H. Goold, The Works of John Owen, D.D., page 136

   Below the figure Dutch verses are engraved, which are thus translated: “No better dress than this; I am warm and not yet miserable; come on all those who have anything against me; I do not want any one's help;

   1873, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, page 522

   Although the principle of moral freedom of choice is not impotent to perform legal acts , individual good acts are not yet decisive of the total worth of man, because conversely only a good fundamental disposition imparts true worth to acts.

   1896, Isaak August Dorner, A System of Christian Doctrine - Volume 3, page 68

plural not yets

1. educationA skill that one is learning but has not yet acquired.

   If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or […]

   2013, Julie Vargas, Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching