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An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The city was already having staffing difficulties, not to mention having a three million dollar budget shortfall.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
much less
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: let alone
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَاهِيكَ عَن
(nāhīka ʕan)
— much less
-
Arabic:
هٰذَا عَدَا عَنْ
(hāḏā ʕadā ʕan)
— much less
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Chinese Mandarin:
更不用說 /更不用说
(gèng bùyòng shuō)
— much less
-
Chinese Mandarin:
何況 /何况
(hékuàng)
— much less
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Czech:
nemluvě
— much less
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Danish:
for ikke at nævne
— much less
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Danish:
for ikke at tale om
— much less
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Dutch:
om nog maar te zwijgen van
— much less
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Finnish:
puhumattakaan
— much less
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Finnish:
saati
— much less
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French:
sans parler de
— much less
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German:
zugeschweigen
— much less
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German:
ganz zu schweigen von
— much less
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Hebrew:
שֶׁלֹּא לְדַבֵּר עַל
— much less
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Hungarian:
nem is beszélve
— much less
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Icelandic:
hvað þá heldur
— much less
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Ingrian:
nesto
— much less
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Irish:
gan trácht ar
— much less
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Italian:
senza parlare di
— much less
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Norwegian:
for ikke å snakke om
— much less
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Polish:
nie mówiąc o
— much less
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Polish:
nie mówiąc już o
— much less
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Polish:
nie wspominając o
— much less
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Polish:
nie wspominając już o
— much less
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Polish:
co dopiero
— much less
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Portuguese:
sem falar de
— much less
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Romanian:
darămite
— much less
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Russian:
не говоря́ уже́ о
(ne govorjá užé o)
— much less
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Scottish Gaelic:
gun luaidh
— much less
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Slovak:
nehovoriac o
— much less
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Spanish:
sin mencionar
— much less
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Spanish:
por no hablar de
— much less
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Spanish:
para no hablar de
— much less
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Spanish:
por no decir
— much less
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Spanish:
por no mencionar
— much less
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Spanish:
sin hablar de
— much less
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Swedish:
för att inte tala om
— much less
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Turkish:
bırak
— much less
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Ukrainian:
не ка́жучи вже про
(ne kážučy vže pro)
— much less
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Welsh:
heb sôn am
— much less
