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So it doesn't match?

• lionkor 3y ago
  If smart people made language,yea, youd be right. But most people speaking english dont have the capacity, so no, "all but" means the "completely", for no logical reason.
  • SiempreViernes 3y ago
    No, in this case "all but" means "as good as, or worse, than the bottom 2/5 of doctors tested on a written exam", see table 1.
  • ethagknight 3y ago
    I know you are being funny, but I would just say this title is an incorrect use of the idiom. I’m assuming the intent is to have the words “model matches doctors” as clickbait. “All but” idiom means “very nearly”, not completely.
    • mewpmewp2 3y ago
      It means very nearly, but I also hate how it means that, because as a foreigner it just sounds if somebody "they did all, but the work they were assigned", it means they went in completely different direction or slacked off to me.