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least of all

Idioms  
  1. Especially not. For example, No one cared, least of all the manager, or None of them will attend, least of all Jim. [Late 1800s]


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No field of endeavor is immune from this attitude, the art world least of all.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

If you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one, least of all your good self.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Not the position any major team want to find themselves in, least of all after their 30th league game.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

“No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Then I figure nobody likes to be preached at, no matter how much he needs it, least of all Judd Travers, who is thirty years old if he’s a day.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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