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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Since the helicopter was not equipped with enough fuel to get there, let alone return.—
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But each night, Hero’s stories before bedtime prove so entrancing that Manfred fails to go through with any seducing, let alone ravishing.—
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5 Sep. 2025
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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