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UK
/fjˈuːɐ/
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[ US /ˈfjuɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈfjuɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
fewer birds came this year
the birds are fewer this year
fewer trains were late
How To Use fewer In A Sentence
- Among the 'normal' Muslims interviewed were a woman in niqab (fewer than 1% of Muslim women in America wear the full face veil and accompanying robes), and Muslims in the Muslim 'hood', cities, like Dearborn, MI, and Patterson, NJ. Keith Ellison: Should we fear Islam?
- People consumed fewer calories without even trying to do so.
- Other specialties have undergone relative declines such as orthopedics safer cars and fewer smashed bones. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Another Idea
- Digital photography and fewer people taking holidays appear to be the main culprits there.
- Inevitably, though, with 14 fewer rooms to spread out in, the Pages had to part with several cherished possessions.
- Few chefs teach them and fewer have the inclination or time to learn. Times, Sunday Times
- Because of advances in technology such as Web conferencing, he says, businesses are sending fewer employees to trade shows.
- This decline was due partly to the generally buoyant economy that saw fewer people filing claims. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
- That last complaint is tragicomic given that Memphis schools typically rank among the nation's five worst with fewer than half of black males graduating from high school. Tennessee's Chamber Maids
- Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.
