아닌

아닌

"Not" or "not being."

'아닌' is used to negate the phrase it is describing, indicating that the statement is not true.

나는 그 말이 진실이 아닌 것 같아.

I think that the statement does not seem to be true.

'아닌' negates '내 잘못', indicating that the situation was not the speaker's fault.

그것은 내 잘못이 아닌, 단순한 오해였다.

It was not my fault; it was merely a misunderstanding.

'아닌' is used to negate '내가 찾던 것', suggesting that the object is not what the speaker was seeking.

이것은 내가 찾던 것이 아닌 듯해.

This does not seem to be what I was looking for.