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I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.
James Brolin

Meaning of "much less" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUCH LESS

much less play
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WHAT DOES MUCH LESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of much less in the English dictionary

The definition of much less in the dictionary is used to reinforce a negative.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUCH LESS

mucate
mucedinous
much
much as
much obliged
much of a muchness
muchacho
muchly
muchness
mucho
mucic acid
mucid
mucidity
mucidness
muciferous
mucigen
mucilage
mucilaginous
mucilaginously
mucilaginousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUCH LESS

bless
bottomless
countless
endless
formless
homeless
hopeless
less
more or less
nevertheless
no less
nonetheless
regardless
seamless
stainless
timeless
topless
unless
useless
wireless

Synonyms and antonyms of much less in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «much less» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUCH LESS

Find out the translation of much less to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of much less from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «much less» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mucho menos
570 millions of speakers

English

much less
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुत कम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أقل بكثير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гораздо меньше
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muito menos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনেক কম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moins
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

lebih kurang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weniger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

はるかに少ない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

훨씬 적은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luwih kurang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ít hơn nhiều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும் குறைவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खुप कमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

daha az
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molto meno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mniej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набагато менше
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mult mai puțin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύ λιγότερο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veel minder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mycket mindre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mye mindre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of much less

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCH LESS»

The term «much less» is very widely used and occupies the 2.503 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCH LESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «much less» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «much less» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about much less

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10 QUOTES WITH «MUCH LESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word much less.
1
Charles Babbage
Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
2
Michael Bennett
I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.
3
David Blunkett
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend. The national mental health strategy recognises the important role adult learning can play for people recovering from mental illness.
4
Larry Brilliant
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
5
James Brolin
I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.
6
George W. Bush
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
7
Brandi Carlile
My wife even thinks our next album should be recorded in our house, and we should move all the furniture out to the garage. I'm not sure how many spouses would be supportive of that, much less come up with the idea.
8
Michael Chiklis
It's much less interesting as an actor playing someone who's purely good or purely evil.
9
Charles Duhigg
Someone will write a resolution that says, 'I want to exercise more,' or 'I want to lose 15 pounds' - which is great, that's a great goal to have - but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it's much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.
10
Johnny Galecki
I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUCH LESS»

Discover the use of much less in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to much less and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vertical Gardening: Grow Up, Not Out, for More Vegetables ...
Shares methods of growing vegetables, flowers, and fruits vertically with tips on choosing a site, composting, and controlling weeds, pests, and disease.
Derek Fell, 2011
2
A Fortiori Logic: Innovations, History and Assessments
... much less so 2 so much the more (residue) 152 so much more (residue) 11 so much the less (residue) 9 so much less (residue) 3 so much the (residue) 1 so much (residue) 6 how much the more so 0 how much more so 0 how much the less ...
Avi Sion, 2013
3
Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
7 Much more 4 Notdifferent 6 Moderately more 5 Slightly more 3 Slightly less 1 Much less 2 Moderately less Compared with how you felt before the beginning of treatment... How much do you currently avoid social/performance situations, ...
Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, Cynthia L. Turk, 2010
4
Democratic Militarism: Voting, Wealth, and War
Income: Median to Top Much less Less Same More Much more Education: Secondary to Higher Degree Much less Less Same More Much more Political Party: Rightward Shift Male Much less Less Same More Much more Much less Less ...
Jonathan D. Caverley, 2014
5
The Genesis of Innovation: Systemic Linkages Between ...
The shift under scrutiny is predominantly towards less or much less fundamental knowledge generation (38 per cent vs. 16 per cent). But less or much less curiosity-drive is also in evidence (50 per cent vs. 30 per cent) as well as less or much ...
B. Laperche, Dimitri Uzunidis, G. N. Von Tunzelmann, 2008
6
The Art of Bassoon Playing
Squeeze 2nd Wire from tides Remains Less open More reedy, but not as much Less resistance about same as in No. 2 Easier to tongue staccato Low register will not respond to fortissimo 4. Squeeze 2nd Wire from top Remains More open  ...
William G. Spencer, Frederick A. Mueller, 1969
7
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.
Alison Bechdel, 2007
8
Report of the Secretary
... the better he is fed the less does the non-nitrogenous portion of his food consist of starch, and the more of the much more highly concentrated alimentary substance fat, produced for him from much less concentrated vegetable food materials ...
Michigan. State Board of Agriculture, 1867
9
Reform Can Make a Difference: A Guide to School Reform
They can't organize a paragraph (much less an essay), identify Winston Churchill (much less Charlemagne), understand Dickens (much less Shakespeare), understand main ideas in a test (much less infer meanings), separate major issues in ...
Darlene Leiding, 2009
10
Littell's Living Age
First, let us briefly say that the Martialists have a world less in area than one of our hemispheres to explore, — that, in spite of this, it has not very much less land than the earth, a much less proportion of its surface being occupied with water ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUCH LESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term much less is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why American teenagers are having much less sex
The sex life of the American teenager is apparently far less busy than it was in generations past. Less than half of teens older than 14 said ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Intermittent PrEP may be a robust strategy for anal sex – vaginal …
Intermittent PrEP may be a robust strategy for anal sex – vaginal much less certain. Gus Cairns. Published: 22 July 2015. The pharmacodynamics (drug ... «aidsmap, Jul 15»
3
How much beer will a dollar buy you in Dublin, London, Sydney?
On the upside, transport will cost you much less; petrol is 30 per cent cheaper in Sydney than in Dublin, while a monthly public transport ticket is ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Is the UK really spending too much on clean energy subsidies?
... Change Secretary Amber Rudd predicts, but the scale of the build out will be much less than had been previously planned. At the same time, ... «Business Green, Jul 15»
5
Lenovo says Microsoft's cross-platform software makes Windows …
... widely as possible, across multiple platforms, may well be undermining the case for even building Windows phones, much less buying them. «Neowin, Jul 15»
6
The house-less-ness life
Our thin plate windows are no match for the Sacramento heat — much less the barking Chihuahuas of my unemployed neighbors. After three ... «Livingston Daily, Jul 15»
7
How the new generation of late-night hosts could affect the …
There was a time not so long ago when it would have been inconceivable for a sitting president to visit any late-night talk show, much less one ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
8
Rick Cleveland: Media can't pick their nose, much less SEC …
Alabama offensive lineman Alphonse Taylor celebrates after the second half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
9
This Is Why The Women's World Cup Winners Got Paid So Much Less
This month, a record-breaking number of Americans tuned in to watch the U.S. Women's National Team secure a World Cup victory for the third ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
10
Rumor: A Gold Apple Watch Sport That Could Cost Much Less Than …
Fancy yourself a gold or rose gold Apple Watch, but don't have a spare $10,000 lying around? Don't worry. You may be able to buy a cheaper ... «malaysiandigest.com, Jul 15»

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