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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Power 4 teams can’t agree on how to regulate individual NIL payments, let alone en masse.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
5 May 2026 -
This may explain why Suzanna’s mother is a somewhat indistinct presence in the novel (at least compared with fierce Sylvie)—patient, even serene behind bars, more eager to talk about her daughter’s future than about her own future, let alone her troubled past.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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