more or less
/mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Example Sentences
- "There were a hundred people in the room, more or less."
- "The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]"
- "I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams."
- "[X] is always more or less of a [Y]"
- "Entrepreneurship is always more or less of a gamble."
- "The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible—and the man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also. Discipleship is a degenerating process to all parties concerned. People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs/