little better than
idiom
: not much better than (something) : only slightly better than (something)
The cookies were little better than cardboard.
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Despite the more reasonable face that al Nusra has tried to show the world, its treatment of the Druze of Idlib province is little better than the brutality ISIS has inflicted on Yezidis, Kurds, and other minorities unfortunate enough to find themselves within their reach.
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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015
Some of the models that continuously update playoff projections have the Dodgers as little better than 50-50 to make the postseason, let alone retain their title.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
From another, the perspective of the conquered, Aurelius was little better than Commodus, Greta or Caracalla.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Russian officers still treated their peasant soldiers as little better than serfs (and serfdom would not be abolished in Russia for another 50 years).
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2015
Some of the models that continuously update playoff projections have the Dodgers as little better than 50-50 to make the postseason, let alone retain their title.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
From another, the perspective of the conquered, Aurelius was little better than Commodus, Greta or Caracalla.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Russian officers still treated their peasant soldiers as little better than serfs (and serfdom would not be abolished in Russia for another 50 years).
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
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“Little better than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20better%20than. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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