# more often than not

Pronunciation: US say "mor aw-fuhn thuhn NOT" /ˌmɔɹ ˌɔf(t)ən ðən ˈnɑt/; UK say "mor of-uhn thuhn NOT" /ˌmɔːɹ ˌɒf(t)ən ðən ˈnɒt/; AUS say "mor OF-uhn dhan NOT"

## Idiom

1. Usually; in more than half of all cases; more likely to happen than not to happen.
   - Simple: Usually, or more than half of the time, but not always.
   - _More often than not, the meetings ran past their scheduled end time._
   - _Weather forecasts for the region turn out to be accurate more often than not._

## Origin

The origin is obscure. It is semantically equivalent to, and often understood as, a shortening of "more often than not so." It may also sometimes be understood as "more often than zero," especially with scales or gauges where the zero mark is the midpoint.

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