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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be less like" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing behaviors or characteristics, suggesting that someone should reduce similarities to another person or thing.
Example: "In order to improve your leadership skills, try to be less like a dictator and more like a collaborator."
Alternatives: "reduce similarities to" or "differ more from".
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Davis couldn't be less like Herring.
Mallory couldn't be less like Derek Strange.
He couldn't be less like Andrew.
The Santerres could not be less like this man.
Screen time, however, couldn't be less like that.
In appearance, he could not be less like a dolphin.
Anna Karenina couldn't be less like a conventional modern novel.
This 60-year-old director couldn't be less like a hooligan, of course.
Independent filmmakers will be less like Hollywood directors and more like poets or novelists.
But the spots themselves could not be less like the original Polykoff campaigns for Miss Clairol.
"Requiem" goes a step further; it couldn't be less like a draggy heroin movie.
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