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much less

much less conjunction: let alone; to say nothing of, not to mention.

Conjunction

much less

  1. (idiomatic) Let alone; to say nothing of, not to mention.
    • You wouldn't want a dog running around the house, much less a monkey!
    • Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xxi
    Synonyms:
    never mind
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see much, less.
    • He's at the bar much less often than his mother lately.

much less meaning in Arabic

much less in Arabic

let alone
نَاهِيكَ عَن nāhīka ʕan

Examples of much less in a sentence

  • Why, not even a little bird or a tiny butterfly comes here, much less a human being!1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, The Three Citrons:
  • We had not at Chattanooga animals to pull a single piece of artillery, much less a supply train.1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant:

Synonyms of much less

Questions about much less

What does much less mean?
Much less means let alone; to say nothing of, not to mention.
What is much less in Arabic?
Much less in Arabic is نَاهِيكَ عَن (nāhīka ʕan). See Much less meaning in Arabic.
How do you use much less in a sentence?
Why, not even a little bird or a tiny butterfly comes here, much less a human being!
What part of speech is much less?
Much less is a conjunction.

Words near much less in the dictionary

  1. Much Dewchurch
  2. much good may it do someone
  3. much grass
  4. Much Hadham
  5. Much Hoole
  6. much less
  7. Much Marcle
  8. much needed
  9. much obliged
  10. much of a muchness
  11. much scribbling

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