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to say the least

  1. Not to exaggerate, as in When the ring turned up in the lost and found, she was delighted, to say the least. This idiom was first recorded in 1809.



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This is inconvenient for investors, to say the least.

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Companies that had spent big, to say the least, on Nvidia semiconductors could have buyer’s remorse if it becomes clear that less expensive chips can perform equally well.

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This was an exaggeration, to say the least, and most leaders were well aware that America wasn’t yet a nation and that it wouldn’t be easy to create one.

It’s bizarre to say the least.

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It was uncanny, to say the least.

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