less than
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Inferior in consideration, rank, or importance.
Example Sentences
- "On Sunday night in South Bend, where he delivered a poignant valediction to his campaign before hundreds of cheering supporters, he noted that it had “sent a message to every kid out there wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than.”"
- "I worry for her. I know it sounds silly but the world is judged on looks and I don’t want her to feel the same, less-than, body-shamed feelings that I did. How do I go about making sure she doesn’t feel less-than or not-as-good-as based on her looks?"
- "Perhaps too much continues to be made about Davidson's romantic life, with even him cracking jokes about it back when he was engaged to Ariana Grande. He joked that he was clearly dating up, referring to his apparently less than looks compared to Grande."
- "However, if these guys’ moral values were consistent regarding the basic sanctity of life, they wouldn’t keep defunding the social safety nets that protect children after birth. But rather now they crucify poorly resourced young mothers with “failure-to-protect” laws, so women who are “less than” get lengthy terms relative to male child-abusers."
Inflected Forms
Phrases
less than or equal to
Frequently Paired Words
less than or equal to
inequality