Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "are only less" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not typically used in any context, as it lacks clarity and grammatical structure.
Example: "These options are only less appealing than the others."
Alternatives: "are merely inferior" or "are just not as".
Exact(11)
The life-forms of South America are only less distinctive than those of Australia.
Other elements of GDP that measure business confidence are only "less worse" in the words of Lindsey Group chief marketing analyst Peter Boockvar.
Of Single Spies my memories are only less fond because the cast was quite small and looming up at the end of rehearsal there was the awful prospect of having to go on stage and do it.
I haven't seen the questions in the poll, but it may well be that the French are only less likely to call themselves happy — and what's unclear is whether the gloomy or skeptical turns of phrase that they use to describe their states of mind correlate to their actual states of mind.
Yet we are only less conservative by degree.
Women don't want to buy themselves clothing in these sizes, and thus designers are only less likely to design clothes whose tags bear those sizes.
Similar(49)
It's only less than 80% of supply to meet the demand.
The sufferings of other peoples were only less when measured in their numbers killed.
There is only less violence because there is a lack of faith.
There is only less than 2 dB difference between the SDP and the two-step estimator.
Querol et al. found that the carbonate-associated fraction of Se was only less than 1%[37].
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com