The phrase "associated with the less" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to something related to a lesser amount or degree, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The findings were associated with the less prevalent symptoms in the study."
Alternatives: "linked to the lesser" or "related to the reduced".
The improved reaction efficiency was associated with the less required residence time of reaction and methanol-to-oil molar ratio.
Most species were resprouters and there was no tendency for obligate seeders or facultative resprouters to be associated with the less fire-prone shrubland.
Results reveal that Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in the colloidal size range were mainly associated with the less than 5 nm, or less than 10 kDa size range.
Hughes was uncomfortable when younger black writers, such as James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison (whom Hughes mentored from the day after he arrived in Harlem, in 1936, until it was no longer convenient for Ellison to be associated with the less careful craftsman), criticized other black writers.
Which FAR – the one associated with the less conservative procedure or the one associated with the more conservative procedure – should determine the FAR max used to compute pAUC for both procedures?
The conspicuous involvement of Evangelicals in the highly popular anti-slavery movement served to improve the status of a group otherwise associated with the less popular campaigns against vice and immorality.
They are fears normally associated with the less-charming realities of urban life, like a homeless shelter or a late-night dive bar.
They satisfy various ordering properties associated with the relation less than.
Slate Computing originally filed a trademark application for "Magic Slate" back in June 2009, and apparently amended it to more accurately describe the products and services associated with the name less than two weeks ago (March 15).
And the more complete the coverage associated with the headline, the less likely readers will find their own way to the gist of it.
The more closely organisations and individual clerics are associated with the authorities, the less credibility they have among the people they are supposed to be influencing away from extremism.
