much less en · CCONJ
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Let alone; to say nothing of, not to mention.
Why, not even a little bird or a tiny butterfly comes here, much less a human being!
1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, The Three Citrons:1895. M.K. Gandhi, Petition to Natal Legislative Assembly It is hopeless for him to return to India and expect to earn bread, much less to make a fortune.
You wouldn't want a dog running around the house, much less a monkey!
We had not at Chattanooga animals to pull a single piece of artillery, much less a supply train.
1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant:Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time.
1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xxi
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see much, less.
He's at the bar much less often than his mother lately.
Synonyms
Translations (15)
fr encore moins (let alone) · pl a tym bardziej (let alone) · pl nie mówiąc już o (let alone) · pl a co dopiero (let alone) · hu nemhogy (let alone) · ro nemai vorbind (let alone) · ja 況してや (let alone) · fi vielä vähemmän (let alone) · ar نَاهِيكَ عَن (let alone) · cmn 何況 /何况 (let alone) · br ne lavaran ket (let alone) · sv än mindre (let alone) · cmn 更不用說 /更不用说 (let alone) · gd gun luaidh (let alone) · it meno che meno (let alone)