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Synonym: fewerreducedmoreSimilar words: blesshomelessmuch lessnonethelesssenselessregardlessmore or lessno less thanMeaning: [les]  adj. 1. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree 2. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality 3. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer. adv. 1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs 2. comparative of little. 
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151. She could earn $200 a night, more or less.
152. Less than half the rail network was operable.
153. She's no less active than she used to be.
154. Let's go somewhere less public where we can talk.
155. Training is often much less effective than expected.
156. No explanation was offered, still less an apology.
157. Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.
158. The company is divesting its less profitable business operations.
159. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans.
160. Less dense substances move upwards to form a crust.
161. The younger generation smoke/smokes less than their parents did.
162. The whole affair ended less with a bang than with a whimper .
163. It is less polluting than power stations fuelled by oil, coal and gas.
164. The sofa would be less obtrusive in a paler colour.
165. People today seem to have less time for each other.
166. Other amenities, less commonly available, include a library and exercise room.
167. As your baby grows bigger, his bones become less pliable.
168. I know he's done a dreadful thing, but I don't love him any the less.
169. By rights the Social Democrats ought to be the favourites in the election. But nothing looks less certain.
170. The two events were more or less contemporaneous, with only months between them.
171. He has to manage on less than £100 a week.
172. The more he insisted he was innocent, the less they seemed to believe him.
172. Wish you will love sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
173. The business could become less profitable or, even worse , could close down.
174. The shelves were lined with books which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open, much less read.
175. Her illness was Nature's way of telling her to do less.
176. Who should arrive at the party but the Prime Minister, no less!
177. The older I grow, the stranger and less explicable the world appears to me.
178. The counterfeits sell for about $20 less than the real thing.
179. If you don't eat less, you'll end up looking like a whale!
180. Gas-fired power stations will substitute for less efficient coal-fired equipment.
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