LESS vs RARER: NOUN
- A smaller amount.
- Something not as important as something else.
- A smaller portion or quantity.
- The inferior, younger, or smaller.
- Noteworthy scarcity
LESS vs RARER: ADJECTIVE
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
- Not as great in amount or quantity.
- Lower in importance, esteem, or rank.
- Consisting of a smaller number.
- Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior
- (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem
- Comparative form of rare: more rare
- Recurring only at long intervals
- (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
- Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
- Having low density
- Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
- Not widely distributed
LESS vs RARER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make less; to lessen.
- N/A
LESS vs RARER: ADVERB
- Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree
- To smaller extent
- In lower degree
- Comparative of little
- To a smaller extent, degree, or frequency.
- N/A
LESS vs RARER: PREPOSITION
- With the deduction of; minus.
- Minus; not including
- N/A
LESS vs RARER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In a smaller or lower degree; to an inferior extent, amount, etc.; in a decreased or abated way or manner: as, less prudent; less carefully executed; to exaggerate less; to think less of a person.
- Unless.
- A common English suffix forming, from nouns, adjectives meaning ‘without’ (lacking, wanting, void of, destitute of) the thing or quality denoted by the noun: as. childless, without a child; fatherless, without a father; endless, without end; hopeless, without hope; leafless, without leaves; shameless, without shame; so motherless, penniless, faithless, godless, graceless, lawless, witless, remediless, tasteless, etc.
- To make less; lessen.
- To become less; lessen.
- Not so much or so large; of smaller quantity, amount, bulk, or capacity; inferior in dimensions, extent, or duration: as, less honor or reward; less profit or possessions; less time; less distance; less scope or range; the reward is less than he deserves; a man of less courage or ability; an article of less, weight or value.
- Not so great, considerable, or important; of smaller scope or consequence; lower in the scale: as, St. James the Less; his honors are less than his deserts.
- Synonyms Smaller, Less, Fewer. Smaller is rather more exact than less, but is used freely of persons and of things both concrete and abstract: as, a smaller man, soul, size. Less is not used of persons: as, less trouble, happiness, size, degree; less of an evil. With reference to size and number, the proper words are smaller and fewer. “This apple is less than that,” “There were less people there than I expected,” are inelegant and erroneous, although similar expressions are often used both in speech and in writing. While the latter, however, is in excusable, the former may be used sparingly without offense in certain collocations, especially in poetry. The allusion to the mustard-seed in Mark iv. 31 appears to be the only example in the Bible of the use of less in the sense of ‘smaller in size.’ In Shakspere's plays the word occurs more than two hundred times, and in Milton's poems more than a hundred; in the former it is used only four or five times and in the latter three times in the sense of ‘smaller in size,’ and never in that of ‘fewer.’
- (idiom) (less than) Not at all.
- (idiom) (much/still) Certainly not.
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LESS vs RARER: RELATED WORDS
- Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, To a lesser extent, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Trickier, Unusual, Melanistic, Harder, Prevalent, Infrequent, Weirder, Odder, Unheard, Uncommon, Commonplace, Thinner, Fewer, Less, Scarcer
LESS vs RARER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Much, Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Trickier, Unusual, Melanistic, Harder, Prevalent, Infrequent, Weirder, Odder, Unheard, Uncommon, Commonplace, Thinner, Fewer, Less, Scarcer
LESS vs RARER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Number one: renting is usually less expensive overall and requires less money up front than buying a comparable home in the same area.
- The shot can make for less pain and swelling, less tissue damage, and a lower risk of death.
- Often it will make your workload less, which will lead to less stress.
- ICSID clauses in BITs while weak home governments are less likely and less capable to do so.
- Less debt means less of a financial burden once you leave school.
- These minimaist setups have two main benefits: less cost and less stuff.
- Place less positive or detrimental information in less highly visible points.
- Less invasive and less expensive is the way to go.
- We insure against less common and less costly events.
- The net result would be a less secure, less prosperous United States that is less able to exert power and influence in the world.
- Western Hemisphere, and rarer still in developing nations.
- When light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium to a rarer medium, it bends away from the normal.
- The rarer the monsters that you use as material, the rarer of a monster you have a chance to obtain.
- Christenings are getting rarer and rarer these days and I think christening gifts are probably the most difficult thing to buy.
- Some potions are rarer than others and stronger potions are always rarer to find.
- He is traditionally a buy and hold investor, which seems to be getting rarer and rarer these days.
- "It's inevitable that these exterior corridor facilities will become rarer and rarer," he said.
- Some vehicles still have a valve adjustment, but they are getting rarer and rarer.
- ATM, whereas calculators are becoming rarer and rarer.
- Homes like these are becoming rarer and rarer.
LESS vs RARER: QUESTIONS
- Will universal health care lead to less innovation and less innovation?
- What is the less television less violence and aggression reading sample answer?
- Can eating less meat and less processed food help reduce cancer risk?
- Why are device-less manual muscle testing procedures becoming less popular?
- Why is my girlfriend talking less and listening less at work?
- Are brother-sister relationships in Bollywood becoming less and less popular?
- How much can you save with Woolworths drive less pay less?
- Is Charles Adler becoming less and less conservative?
- Is the international community becoming less and less American?
- Is the Cessna cockpit mouse-less and keyboard-less?
- What happens when light enters a denser medium from a rarer medium?
- What is rarer to happen solar eclipse or lunar eclipse?
- What is optically rarer and optically denser medium?
- What happens when light moves from a denser medium to rarer?
- Is polyploidy rarer in groups that cannot tolerate change?
- Are memorable dialogues becoming rarer with every Bollywood movie?