less

See:
  • a (damn) sight less/fewer (something)
  • could care less
  • couldn't care less
  • couldn't care less, he/I/she
  • even/much/still less
  • I could care less
  • I couldn’t care less
  • in less than no time
  • in no time
  • know little and care less
  • know little and care less (about someone or something)
  • know nothing and care less (about someone or something)
  • less and less
  • less is more
  • less said , the better
  • less than
  • less than (something)
  • less than pleased
  • Make haste slowly
  • more haste, less speed
  • more is less
  • more or less
  • much less
  • no less
  • no less than
  • no less than...
  • nothing less than
  • nothing less than (something)
  • take the path less chosen
  • take the path less traveled
  • take the road less traveled
  • the less said, the better
  • the less/least said, the better
  • the more one knows, the less one believes
  • the path less chosen
  • the path less traveled
  • the road less traveled
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The RMDAS North Midwest region (which includes mills in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and northwestern Indiana), showed the steepest decline, with mills there paying $26 per ton less for Prompt Industrial grades, $17 per ton less for shredded scrap and $12 per less for No.
Average buying prices fell less sharply in other regions, with the No.
Does reading less literature--fiction, preferably read leisurely--mean Americans, and African Americans particularly, are reading less?
"Reading less literature is not necessarily an indicator that people are not reading," says Carla Hayden, executive director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.
"Although some apologists argue that could care less is meant to be sarcastic and not to be taken literally, a more plausible explanation is that the -n't of couldn't has been rubbed out in sloppy speech and sloppy writing."
The study is based on a cohort of children who were born weighing less than 1,500 g and were admitted between 1977 and 1979 to a health facility in Cleveland.
On the third day of Christmas, health care gave to me: "Three upward trends..." (Susanne Sonik, Director of the Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation, American Hospital Association) Two less regulations, and a patient-first philosophy.
This special rule generally does not apply if, immediately before the loss corporation's ownership change, the beneficial owner owns less than $100,000 of the loss corporation's indebtedness or, in the case of widely held indebtedness, the beneficial owner owns less than 5% of the class.
"Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale has less sugar than most leading soft drinks," says the ad.
Exception: All "low" claims (fat, calories, sodium, etc.) have stricter limits for foods with serving sizes less than two tablespoons.