not (in) the least
idiom
: not at all : not in any way or respect
It did not interest me in the least.
That joke was not in the least funny.
I'm not the least worried.
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The insurance company's actuary may look at a bunch of data, not the least of which being the frequency of hurricanes, and make the prediction that only one major hurricane would hit the sunshine state every 10 years.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Meanwhile, for those who missed it, baseball’s All-Star Game turned out to be a pretty good show this week, not the least because the players were again allowed to wear their regular team uniforms, instead of the clown suits they’d been forced to don the last four years.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
Many things conspire against the Yard Goats’ parent club, not the least of which is the unforgiving NL West, with the Dodgers, Padres, Giants and Diamondbacks.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Drafted by a weird circle of architectural archconservatives, the decree was confounding on multiple counts, not the least being that—with scarcely four weeks remaining in its tenure—the administration did not appear to be in a position to act on its Greco-Roman ambitions.
—Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Meanwhile, for those who missed it, baseball’s All-Star Game turned out to be a pretty good show this week, not the least because the players were again allowed to wear their regular team uniforms, instead of the clown suits they’d been forced to don the last four years.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
Many things conspire against the Yard Goats’ parent club, not the least of which is the unforgiving NL West, with the Dodgers, Padres, Giants and Diamondbacks.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Drafted by a weird circle of architectural archconservatives, the decree was confounding on multiple counts, not the least being that—with scarcely four weeks remaining in its tenure—the administration did not appear to be in a position to act on its Greco-Roman ambitions.
—Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
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“Not (in) the least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20%28in%29%20the%20least. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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