not with it

Meaning

inattentive

incapable of rational thought

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

woolly-headed addle-headed

Examples

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Henry Ford

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. Winston Churchill

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. Virginia Woolf

I look through it, and not with it. William Blake

I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible. Jennifer Damiano

Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity walked not with it. German Proverb

Words in the phrase

not with it

Close letter words and terms

not with a bun in the oven not with a joey in the pouch not with child not with one in the oven not with the program not with us