Sentence examples for acted less than from inspiring English sources

The phrase "acted less than" is not correct in standard written English
It is typically used incorrectly when trying to express that someone did not perform to a certain standard or expectation. Example: "He acted less than expected during the presentation."

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For his part, Nitze sometimes acted less than hawkish.

Overall, the chemicals acted less than additively and, under some circumstances, antagonistic effects were observed.

He acted less than 12 hours after the Brown government narrowly won approval for the measure.

He noted that the prime minister had acted less than 24 hours after Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced that access to the site would be restored.

This may have been because voters felt that he acted less than wisely in dealing earlier this year with the Sunflower student movement, which demanded that increased trade with the mainland be monitored to prevent it being used by China to gain political influence in Taiwan.

They are affected by problems that are not caused by you, even if you acted out, misbehaved, or otherwise acted less than perfect.

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Erik, although he never acts less than honourably, is more passive and seems to think that any action at all is somehow doomed.

Acting less than a week after it rejected another inmate's appeal 5 to 4, the appeals court justices provided no breakdown of the vote and did not give any reasoning for their decision.

Acting less than 24 hours after the Senate passed the legislation (H.R. 810) by a vote of 63 to 37, the president reiterated that the measure "crosses a moral boundary" by sanctioning the destruction of "innocent human life".

When he acts less than nobly, use it as a teaching moment and call the noble out of him.

What's more, the idea of changing the rules was made public only a week ago, and indications are the board may act less than a week from now.

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