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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much less

Sure, senior voters remain more conservative than the general population, but the differences are becoming much less stark.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Chinese companies are charging developers much less than Western companies to access and use their open models, Arya said in a Monday note.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

That yield is far more than what was typically on offer during the long lull in interest rates after the 2008-09 financial crisis, when it was often much less than 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The provided list was a roster of announcements, not groundbreakings, much less completed ventures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Temple knew very little about science, much less than Wotton, and lacked any inclination to make good this deficiency.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton