nothing less than
idiom
1
—used to give emphasis to a description
The idea is nothing less than revolutionary.
2
—used to say that something is the least that a situation, person, etc., requires or will accept
He demands nothing less than the best service.
I want nothing less than a full refund!
This job requires nothing less than our best effort.
Examples of nothing less than in a Sentence
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Her comment was nothing less than a slap in the face to millions of LGBTQ Americans, over two hundred thousand of them Marylanders.
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Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Israel’s response has been nothing less than countering Iran’s existential threat to its survival as a refuge and a nation of the Jewish people.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Getty Images Trump Becomes a War President The move to send American troops into Iranian airspace to drop 30,000-lb. bombs on its soil represents an extraordinary ramping up of tensions between Iran and the West, and nothing less than a reordering of American foreign policy.
—Carlo Versano
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
As the film’s title boldly announces, Luke and his team (including an underwritten Carmen Ejogo and Laz Alonso) are looking for nothing less than the actual Fountain of Youth.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
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Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Israel’s response has been nothing less than countering Iran’s existential threat to its survival as a refuge and a nation of the Jewish people.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Getty Images Trump Becomes a War President The move to send American troops into Iranian airspace to drop 30,000-lb. bombs on its soil represents an extraordinary ramping up of tensions between Iran and the West, and nothing less than a reordering of American foreign policy.
—Carlo Versano
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
As the film’s title boldly announces, Luke and his team (including an underwritten Carmen Ejogo and Laz Alonso) are looking for nothing less than the actual Fountain of Youth.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
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“Nothing less than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20less%20than. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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