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least

[leest] / list /
ADJECTIVE
slightest, smallest
Synonyms
STRONG
bottom first gutter infinitesimal last minimum minute nadir second third
WEAK
atomic entry-level feeblest fewest finical lowest meanest microcosmic microscopic minimal minutest molecular most trivial next to nothing niggling piddling poorest short-end tiniest trivial unimportant
Antonyms
STRONG
big huge large substantial
WEAK
most

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Tournament rules state that at least 25% of the athletes in each team must have a disability, but about half of Team England's squad do.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

When a once-obscure strategy becomes the thing everyone is doing, the people coming to it last are the least informed about why it ever worked.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

In Italian and Greek, by contrast, 99 contain at least two syllables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

These readings had to fall within the study period, be taken when patients were at least 55 years old, and occur before any diagnosis of Alzheimer's or dementia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Selecting a chair from the pile, she turned toward the river, or at least she thought she did.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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