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less than

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less than something
not something. The weekend was less than wonderful, but parts of it were pretty good. The result was less than thrilling television – you could even call it boring.
Usage notes: used to describe a quality you had expected or hoped for
See also: less


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Nothing can be more evident than that the thirteen States will be able to support a national government better than one half, or one third, or any number less than the whole.
Arthur,' continued I, relaxing my hold of his arm, 'you don't love me half as much as I do you; and yet, if you loved me far less than you do, I would not complain, provided you loved your Maker more.
There was no English mail-coach until 1784; and when Benjamin Franklin was Postmaster General at Philadelphia, an answer by mail from Boston, when all went well, required not less than three weeks.
 
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