Less and Seldom

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Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

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Seldom and less are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seldom" instead an adjective "Less".

Nearby Words: lessen, lessening

Seldom adverb - Not often.

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Less and seldom are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Less" instead an adjective "Seldom".

Deaths like this might seldom happen in Real Life, but it's none the less Truth in Television.

Source: Casualty in the Ring
Since they have been playing a game with less than laudable motives, victims seldom go to the police even when they begin to suspect they are being played.

Source: 419 Scam
This power becomes a lot less effective over the series as the main characters take levels in badass, and is seldom mentioned in later books.

Source: Supernatural Fear Inducer

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