Thesaurus: least

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1. a. Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
2. adv. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
3. conj. See Lest, conj.
4. adj. the superlative of ‘little’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by ‘the’; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
5. n. something that is of no importance
6. adv. used to form the superlative, smallest in size or degree
7. Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; mostunimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
8. r:96/d:4 n. something that is of no importance a. the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree r. used to form the superlative