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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Very few in my generation actually know how to cook things, let alone from scratch.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025 -
In other states where Democrats control the governor's office and legislature, including Colorado and Washington, the party has backed independent commissions that cannot redraw, let alone rig, maps in the middle of the decade.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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