less than
less than noun: the character <, used to show that one amount or number is smaller than another.
Noun
less than (plural less thans)
- The character <, used to show that one amount or number is smaller than another.
- Synonyms:
- less-than sign
Adjective
less than (not comparable)
- Inferior in consideration, rank, or importance.
- On Sunday night in South Bend, where he delivered a poignant valediction to his campaign before hundreds of cheering supporters, he noted that it had “sent a message to every kid out there wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than.”2020 March 1, Frank Bruni, “Mayor Pete Flew Sky High”, in The New York Times
- I worry for her. I know it sounds silly but the world is judged on looks and I don’t want her to feel the same, less-than, body-shamed feelings that I did. How do I go about making sure she doesn’t feel less-than or not-as-good-as based on her looks?2022 May 5, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, “I’ve got a seven-month-old baby. How do I make sure she doesn’t feel the same body shame I did?”, in The Guardian
less than meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
less than in Tamil
- விடக்குறைவு
less than in Tagalog
- the character <
- kubus sa
less than in Arabic
- the character <
- أَصْغَر مِن ʔaṣḡar min, صُغْرَى مِن ṣuḡrā min
Examples of less than in a sentence
- He joked that he was clearly dating up, referring to his apparently less than looks compared to Grande.2022 December 4, “SNL's Chloe Fineman Gets Pete Davidson Appeal, Calls Him 'Deeply Charming'”, in TooFab:
- But rather now they crucify poorly resourced young mothers with “failure-to-protect” laws, so women who are “less than” get lengthy terms relative to male child-abusers.2022 December 20, Mike Beebe, “[Letters to the Editor] Men keep failing women”, in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Peterborough, N.H., page 7...
Synonyms of less than
- less-than sign
Antonyms
Forms of less than
| plural | less thans |
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Questions about less than
- What does less than mean?
- Less than means the character <, used to show that one amount or number is smaller than another.
- What is less than in Tamil?
- Less than in Tamil is விடக்குறைவு. See Less than meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use less than in a sentence?
- He joked that he was clearly dating up, referring to his apparently less than looks compared to Grande.
- What part of speech is less than?
- Less than can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of less than?
- The plural of less than is less thans.
Words near less than in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: less than (page history and authors); less than (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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