the least of
idiom
: something of the lowest importance, strength, value, etc.
That's the least of my worries/problems.
We had many things to consider, not the least of which was the safety of our children.
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While many worry about adversarial prompts and model hallucinations, experts say those are the least of our problems.
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
This week, Craig Breslow and his staff did the least of any American League contender to upgrade their roster.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
That kind of cooking feels like the least of a chore of maybe any kind of cooking.
—Paul Rhodes, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Sure this is the least of our worries but is something done about anything else?
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2025
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
This week, Craig Breslow and his staff did the least of any American League contender to upgrade their roster.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
That kind of cooking feels like the least of a chore of maybe any kind of cooking.
—Paul Rhodes, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Sure this is the least of our worries but is something done about anything else?
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the least of
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“The least of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20least%20of. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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