Synonym: fewer, reduced, more. Similar words: bless, homeless, much less, nonetheless, senseless, regardless, more or less, no less than. Meaning: [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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181. We detected signs that they were less than enthusiastic about the holiday.
182. Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.
183. I think it's fair to say you've done less of the work than I have.
184. I see less of any of my friends than I used to.
185. The flight time from Heathrow to Marseilles is less than two hours.
186. They could campaign on the slogan "We'll take less of your money".
187. Women in these jobs are paid less precisely because most of the jobs are held by women rather than men.
188. They raised their output by more than half in less than three years.
189. Thanks to the collapse of communism the political antithesis between Left and Right is less important.Sentence dictionary
190. You can buy perfectly good instruments for a lot less.
191. Children who have a positive self-image are less likely to present behaviour and discipline problems.
192. A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.
193. His appearance in the show was nothing less than a sensation.
194. She felt less confident about completing the course as the week wore on.
195. The campaign is designed to make people less prejudiced about AIDS.
196. By then[sentencedict.com], Henry seemed less compliant with his wife's wishes than he had six months before.
197. Smoking in the workplace is becoming less and less acceptable.
198. Childhood had less freedom and joy than we sentimentally attribute to it.
199. He was comforted to know that most people in the class knew even less than he.
200. All things being equal, a small car will cost less than a larger one.
201. The author can report other people's results which more or less agree with hers.
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