still less

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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  • The loud corridor of Madison Square Garden isn’t an ideal place to talk to anyone, let alone about a sensitive subject.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Inside were six tickets for each of that season’s Indiana University football games, free to him as a dorm resident because, to put it bluntly, no one was terribly interested in going to Hoosier football games, let alone paying for them.
    Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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