Much less
Much less conjunction - To say nothing of.
Usage example: after spraining his ankle, the gymnast hadn't been expected to appear in today's event, much less win it
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Synonyms for Much less
Never mind and much less are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Never mind" instead a conjunction phrase "Much less".
Never mind
Never mind conjunction - To say nothing of.
Usage example: I have a hard enough time getting out of bed before sunrise, never mind getting to work so early
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Synonyms for Never mind
Much less and never mind are semantically related. You can use "Much less" instead a conjunction phrase "Never mind".
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- Never mind the fact that, as we grow older, we enjoy types of stories that we never would have enjoyed, much less understood, as children.
Source: Analysis / Invisible to Adults -
Never mind that they are both girls, and that cthughans and nyarlathotepians are mortal enemies and different species, much less that Nyarko tries her darndest to get her off her back, she's more than willing to do just about anything just to win her over.
- Never mind that the sleepwalkers half the time tend to wander off into pretty dangerous situations completely unawares, where one would think that waking up the person would be much less dangerous then risk slipping up and letting that one crocodile eat them.
Source: Never Wake Up A Sleepwalker
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