[
UK
/lˈiːst/
]
[ US /ˈɫist/ ]
[ US /ˈɫist/ ]
NOUN
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something that is of no importance
that is the least of my concerns
it is the least I can do
ADVERB
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used to form the superlative
The garter snake is the least dangerous snake
ADJECTIVE
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the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
didn't care the least bit
he has the least talent of anyone
How To Use least In A Sentence
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- I got to know a little bit about it, at least the old Berlin of the past, through Benjamin's eyes.
- I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
- I guess she would rather I expressed myself in a more ladylike manner, or at least a little more eloquently.
- I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
- Though you do need a little room at least a 20-by-20-foot pen and some solid fencing, goats are easy keepers and the most doglike pets I know of. Vet's view: Best/worst pets for allergic kids
- At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
- The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay.
- They asked around and at least five different people have seen him.