Less
Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Overboard
Overboard adverb - To extremes.
Both words in one sentence
-
Japanese military personnel disposed of several American POWs in more or less this same manner by tying water-filled cans to their limbs and dumping them overboard.
Source: Cement Shoes - While less so than Azula, there was also a ship warden in Season 1, episode 6 (The Imprisoned) who threw his captain overboard for arguing whether Appa is a bison or a buffalo.
Source: Bad Boss / Western Animation -
And let's not forget Radio Hauraki (New Zealand), which was actually granted a licence by the New Zealand Government after three and a half years as a pirate (from a wooden ship, no less), during which time it ran aground twice and tragically lost a DJ overboard.
Source: Buccaneer Broadcaster
Cite this Source
Overboard and Less. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/overboard
Less & Overboard. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/overboard>.
Overboard or Less. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/overboard.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "less" and "overboard" have occurred on timeline