even less
Still more scant
Even less intensifies a comparison already involving "less," emphasizing a further reduction in degree or quantity.
If you had little interest before, you have even less now.
The phrase marks a step down from an already diminished baseline: I have even less patience for excuses than I used to.
- fewerSmaller in number
- reducedMade less in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- barelyOnly just, almost not
- scarcelyAlmost not
hardly · minimal · bare minimum · shrinking · dwindling · meager · sparse · slim pickings · thin on the ground · slight · decrease · decline · negligible · precious little · faint · weaker · thinner · scant
degree/quantity direction
even lesseven more
Increased beyond already
all the more · more · more than ever · increasingly · more and more
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