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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
- 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
- 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
- So, while the average cup of decaf contains between 6 and 10 milligrams of caffeine per serving, the regulation allows for "decaf" coffee to contain much higher levels of the stimulant, at least 30 milligrams in some cases, according to Undefined
- I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
- One woman's broken thigh bone had been badly set, leaving her left leg at least three inches shorter than her right.
- Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do.
- I got to know a little bit about it, at least the old Berlin of the past, through Benjamin's eyes.
- 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
- Mandela was convinced of security force "connivance", at least in the form of standing back and allowing violence that they could stop. ANC Daily News Briefing