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The phrase "less cogent" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe an argument or reasoning that is not as clear, convincing, or logical as it could be. Example: "While her initial points were strong, her conclusion was less cogent and left the audience confused."
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With the benefit of five days of cagey, defensive-minded games since England played, Capello was more confident than the frazzled, less cogent figure he cut in the aftermath of the US game.
His arguments – about politics, cars, house prices – became less cogent, his disposition less charming.
Dabhoiwala's account of the tradition is less cogent because he limits himself to the English language.
But this address seemed, some Iraqis said later, even less cogent, and more repetitive than usual.
For all that, it is no less cogent in its political analysis.
What's more, there are many supposedly modern guides to good writing that are far less cogent than The Elements of the Style.
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Still, he says, "as long as I can give a more-or-less cogent account of what the current position is, I don't worry about the insincerity problem".
She might have delivered more cogent, less free-associative thinking had she not already written so frequently and variedly about her subject.
It would be more cogent if it took less time, but it still unsettles a landscape for the spectators.
Not having a villain to boo is emotionally less satisfying, but Clark makes a cogent case for the war as a tragedy, not a crime: in his telling there is a smoking pistol in the hands of every major character.
Romney is seen through the lens of nominee, and they have taken more time to place the last several months inside a cogent narrative flow that feels less hurried.
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