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less and less

less and less determiner: increasingly less.

Determiner

less and less

  1. increasingly less
    • Over the years, there has been less and less oil available.

Questions about less and less

What does less and less mean?
Less and less means increasingly less.
What part of speech is less and less?
Less and less is a determiner.

Words near less and less in the dictionary

  1. Lespezi
  2. lesploitation
  3. lesquerolic acid
  4. Lesquin
  5. less
  6. less and less
  7. less is a bore
  8. less is more
  9. less known
  10. less so
  11. less than

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