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less than
Idioms and Phrases
Not at all or hardly at all. For example, He had a less than favorable view of the matter , or She had a less than adequate grasp of the subject . This expression uses less in the sense of “a smaller quantity, number, or extent than is implied,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000. The same sense appears in less than no time , a hyperbolic term for a very short time (as in Don't worry, he'll be here in less than no time ) that dates from about 1800.Example Sentences
Czuba had pleaded not guilty, but jurors convicted him after deliberating for less than 90 minutes.
But even within 10 years of the assumed October 2029 start date, the upper estimate of just over 4,500 assisted deaths a year would represent less than 1% of all deaths, the document said.
Another said that fellow backbenchers tend to panic close to general election time if their party is behind in the polls but "we are panicking in less than a year".
The victory-party din for Mark Carney and his Liberal Party had only just faded when Donald Trump chimed in with a less than ringing endorsement of the winners.
The Labor Department's surveys were conducted less than two weeks after Trump announced his "Liberation Day" tariffs, which have raised the average rate of import taxes in the US to the highest level in more than a century.
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