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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Just the despair of indefinite imprisonment — a fate little better than death.
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Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Dictatorships fare little better than democracies at stopping such attacks, and at a far higher cost to civil liberties.
—Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016
Asking Latinos to accept a fundamental change to something that’s part of our very essence in the name of a supposedly greater good is little better than culinary imperialism.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Operated by Catholic priests and nuns, who often were unwaveringly demanding to the point of fanatical sadism, the most infamous of these schools were little better than prison camps.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
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Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Dictatorships fare little better than democracies at stopping such attacks, and at a far higher cost to civil liberties.
—Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016
Asking Latinos to accept a fundamental change to something that’s part of our very essence in the name of a supposedly greater good is little better than culinary imperialism.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Operated by Catholic priests and nuns, who often were unwaveringly demanding to the point of fanatical sadism, the most infamous of these schools were little better than prison camps.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Little better than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20better%20than. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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