〜ものの: Japanese grammar explained
~mono no — Concession ("although, it's true that … but").
Structure
Plain form + ものの
Examples
買ったものの、一度も使っていない。
かったものの、いちどもつかっていない。
I did buy it, but I've never used it.
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