The phrase "much less happy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare two situations or people in a negative context. For example, "After the divorce, she was much less happy than when she was married."
While the negative backlash against maternal migration in the Philippines has been documented, the magnitude of the effect for the Vietnamese sample suggests that caregivers' perspective on maternal migration is an important determinant of variation in caregiver-reported child happiness, with these Vietnamese children much less happy compared to children in the comparison country, Indonesia.
But there are some surprises: serious illness typically does not make us much less happy, marriage in the long run is not a major source of either happiness or unhappiness.
Much less happy was Michael Summerfield, who missed the event.
He was happy with the day, much less happy with the times.
AMERICA, a "prime tourist destination", is also a prime destination for much less happy people.
However, workers under 25 are on the whole much less happy than their Guardian-reading counterparts.
But often what we feel instead is a sense of precariousness a gut-level suspicion that hard work, thrift, and following the rules won't give us control over the story, much less guarantee a happy ending.
Sometimes winning, much less make us happy, can actually make it worse.
13 I've got a whole heap of photo-booth pictures: young, glamorous and moody; with Paul and my daughter Gloria; when I was ill wearing a hat; when I'm older and much less glamorous but happier.
The trend makes the schools happy (much less garbage).
Ultimately, there will not be enough money to make everybody happy, much less quiet.
