The phrase "a less understanding" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is likely intended to convey a comparison regarding the level of understanding, but it should be rephrased for clarity.
Example: "He is a less understanding person than she is when it comes to emotional issues."
Alternatives: "a more limited understanding" or "a lower level of understanding".
In some ways, global satellite TV and Internet access have actually made the world a less understanding, less tolerant place.
As the writer George Packer recently noted in The Times Magazine, "In some ways, global satellite TV and Internet access have actually made the world a less understanding, less tolerant place".
The fact that Japanese students have a less understanding of creativity than the German ones could also relate to the teaching and social situation in Japan.
As a result, cyberspace has increased the danger that personal information originally disclosed to friends and colleagues may be exposed to, and misinterpreted by, a less-understanding audience.
Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, warns there will be "a little less understanding" and a tougher approach to the families who are "fluent in social work" and are responsible for chaos that costs the country £9bn every year.
So a little less understanding is definitely not a good idea?
Rachel sometimes wonders whether Melia wouldn't respond better to a little less understanding, but she preserves a diplomatic silence while Janie comforts and negotiates.
In an interview with The Independent on Sunday, Mr Pickles said the programme will be "more forceful in language, a little less understanding".
On the train to Leeds to visit some families I suggest that her speech could practically have been written by Camila Batmanghelidjh, the psychotherapist behind Kids Company, whose prescription of unconditional love for troubled families differs radically from Pickles' call for "a little less understanding".
However, it is also far smaller and more recent, and settled in a more overtly Christian country, remote from the Islamic world and in a culture with less understanding of it.
Level of education did not have a statistically significant relationship with level of understanding; however, patients who did not complete high school did have a trend towards less understanding of their discharge diagnosis (p = 0.06) and treatment plan (p = 0.06).
