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

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

A growing chorus of critics assert that AI companies participating in that spending will struggle to justify today’s investments, much less the even bigger outlays planned for the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Their reactions to non-lethal human activity, however, are much less predictable.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

He can move, but he is much less steady.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga