more or less

Idioms  

1. Approximately, as in The truck will hold nine yards of dirt, more or less . This usage was first recorded in 1589.

2. Basically, essentially, as in We more or less agree on the substance of the letter . This usage was first recorded about 1225.

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Example Sentences

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were both more or less flat, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was 0.1% higher.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Everyone is more or less producing at, I would say, five to nine times more than they would have been three years ago,” Nicholas said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media," he said.

From BBC

With the amount of hybrid power increased three-fold, a component of the engine that helped recovery energy removed, and the batteries more or less the same size as last year, the cars are energy starved.

From BBC

Walmart, the largest grocery chain in the country, was used as the baseline retailer, meaning all supermarkets in the study were determined to be either more or less expensive than Walmart.

From Salon