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less than

preposition as in beneath

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Kim is mocking the entire value system on which she built her career, as well as her own less-than-savory past.

Try to ensure that future generations see his as a less-than-legitimate presidency.

Conservatives have for several years wondered aloud about Barack Obama and his seemingly less-than-warm approach to Israel.

But the same inducement in song at the end of a Woody Allen show has the potential to come off as less-than sincere.

Imagine what General Electric and Bank of America and Exxon Mobile and every less-than-scrupulous business in America will do.

The competitor who paid the less-than-carload rate on an equal volume of business would be sadly handicapped.

King threw away his less-than-half-consumed cheroot and they started to walk together toward King's camp.

They are not seen; they are not heard, they are less-than nothing, and there is no intercession.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to less than, such as: below, lesser, lower than, subject, subordinate, and unbefitting.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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