much less

Idioms  

1. And certainly not, as in He rarely talks about his outside activities, much less his family. The earliest record of this idiom is in John Milton's Paradise Lost (1671): “The world thou hast not seen, much less her glory.”

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Example Sentences

So as we buy more Patriots, we should also create a new program to make large quantities of low-cost Patriots that deliver most of the same capability for much less money.

From The Wall Street Journal

Consumers were much less negative about the labor-market outlook in February.

From MarketWatch

“I’m much less certain about that now,” he says, on a video call from his home office in Seattle, donning a sweatshirt that reads “Science” across the front of it.

From Los Angeles Times

The parties took 117 days to form their coalition -- much less than the 223 days taken to form the previous government.

From Barron's

Yet officials responsible for the fire response have still failed to provide a detailed explanation about what led to the failures, much less take responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times