Definition of Least

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Definition of Least

Least

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.

See Lest, conj.

Related Definitions:

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Least Quotations

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
Buddha

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
Thomas Jefferson

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
Dalai Lama

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Dalai Lama

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Dalai Lama

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
Wayne Dyer

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.
Marilyn Monroe

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Ronald Reagan

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham Lincoln

Least Translations

least in Afrikaans is minste
least in Dutch is minst
least in French is le moins
least in German is kleinst, wenigst, geringste, geringst
least in Italian is meno di tutti
least in Latin is minimus
least in Norwegian is minst
least in Portuguese is menos
least in Swedish is minst

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