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Discover LudwigThe phrase "altogether less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a total reduction in quantity, degree, or extent compared to something else.
Example: "The new model is altogether less efficient than the previous version."
Alternatives: "significantly less" or "much less".
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The Pinter squad seems altogether less businesslike.
Some were altogether less pleased.
We now occupy an altogether less honorable place culturally.
The evening's first three items were altogether less interesting.
But the Sun and the Times were altogether less sure.
An altogether less consoling view was provided by Galina Ustvolskaya.
Stoker, though, is an altogether less confident, more stumbling enterprise.
Slate critic Jonah Weiner was altogether less impressed.
There is less baggage, less complexity, altogether less angst.
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But when she moved to a new role, she found it an altogether less enjoyable way to work.
That night an altogether less-stellar roster still delighted the audience.
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