not (in) the least

phrase

: not at all : not in any way or respect

It did not interest me in the least.

That joke was not in the least funny.

I'm not the least worried.

Examples of not (in) the least in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hallucinatory citations are, according to judges and lawyers, troubling at many levels, not the least of which is their threat to integrity of the judicial system. — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026

Your capsule wardrobe should include several essential jackets, not the least of which is a leather jacket. — Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026

Such hallucinatory citations are, according to judges and lawyers, troubling at a variety of levels, not the least of which is their threat to the integrity of the judicial system. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026

The later decades of life may become the most strategically valuable, not the least. — Klaus Schwab, Time, 1 Mar. 2026