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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a less rigorous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the intensity or strictness of two different approaches, methods, or standards.
Example: "In this study, we opted for a less rigorous methodology to allow for more flexibility in our data collection."
Alternatives: "a more lenient" or "a less strict".
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A less rigorous writer might have turned this story into a sentimental, overwritten swamp.
Prisoners are escorted from their high-security cellblocks to a less rigorous setting.
(Students may enroll in a less rigorous course of study with the permission of their parents).
She wound up in a less rigorous camp, one for workers who processed fur for the German army's winter coats.
According to Ellroy, she "urged me to create a less rigorous style and shape it with greater emotion".
The owner has to choose between a smaller, better selection that will yield less wine, and a less rigorous cut that will yield more wine but less quality.
Mr. Neff said his early optimism about Palm was based on a less rigorous methodology than he applied to the stock later.
He played down the importance of buybacks, which he sees as a substitute for conventional dividend payments — and a less rigorous one at that.
The landesbanks, while insisting that they will pass the tests, have been lobbying the German government and European Commission to apply a less rigorous standard.
There is an alternative view in the party's report last month on culture, one that hints at a less rigorous official stance.
But banks worry about profits, and some are threatening to change their charters so they can shop for a less rigorous regulator than the F.D.I.C.
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