The phrase "a much less rigorous" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the level of rigor or strictness of two different approaches, methods, or standards.
Example: "The new curriculum is a much less rigorous alternative to the previous one, making it more accessible for students."
Alternatives: "significantly less strict" or "far less demanding".
They could study at a much less rigorous place and earn the same salaries".
The size-matters effect seemed to show up in a much less rigorous bit of research conducted at my TierneyLab blog with the help of Geoffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico.
However, unlike 401-k plans, most companies have a much less rigorous oversight regime for their ERISA health plans though just as much money is at stake as a 401-k plan.
If it is considered unacceptable to deny a section of the trial population access to ITNs, an alternative but much less rigorous approach would be to monitor malaria incidence among users and non-users of long-lasting insecticide nets (LLIN) during the proposed scaling up of LLIN coverage in Benin currently being considered.
Cordemoy employs a second argument for the distinction, one which, while much less rigorous than Descartes', follows in spirit the argument from the Discourse on Method by appealing to doubt: "I even see that when I wish to doubt everything that I know when I think of bodies, I am not able at the same time to doubt my thought.
It is best to gain some experience on much less rigorous campouts before going on a backpacking trip, as there is much less risk involved in the less rigorous campouts.
But over-the-counter preparations of fish oil have much less rigorous quality control and are often blends of the two fish oils know to be beneficial in heart disease with other less useful fatty acids.
The idea for the Harmony schools was born, he said, when he and friends — including Dr. Tarim — saw how much less rigorous the American high schools were in teaching science and math.
223, 228, 13 L.Ed.2d 1964(1964); that affidavits of probable cause are tested by much less rigorous standards than those governing the admissibility of evidence at trial, McCray v. Illinois, 386 U.S. 300, 311, 87 S.Ct.
Yet shipments coming in via the postal system are still subject to much less rigorous screening than private commercial shipments due to the lack of advanced electronic screening data.
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