least of all

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]

Example Sentences

When Pulp reunited in 2022 nobody, least of all the band, was expecting new music.

From BBC

"Nobody, least of all the victims, will be assisted by parading in public the grim details of the perpetrator's actions," he said.

From BBC

In the tradition of the finest memoir writing, the author spares no one, herself least of all, as she untangles the bad from the good while still allowing for some tricky knots.

From Los Angeles Times

Although he admitted he was one of the two who went into Kardashian's room, pointed a gun at her and tied her up, he said he was never violent, "least of all with a woman".

From BBC

Of course, no one within the program was complaining about the prospect of a shiny new ballpark — least of all Andy Stankiewicz, the Trojans’ coach.

From Los Angeles Times