as in not to mention
to say nothing of
I never suggested that he was incompetent, still less that he was dishonest
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let alone
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Much of what drives us is hidden from ourselves, let alone others.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025 -
Only a small group of people in the world would be capable of developing such questions, let alone answering them.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
6 June 2025
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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