Idiom
to say the least
Meaning
Used to suggest an understatement.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The food was bad, to say the least.”
“The hotel room was dirty and noisy, to say the least, so we asked for a refund immediately.”
“His performance during the final presentation was disorganized and lacked preparation, to say the least, leaving the board members visibly unimpressed.”
Examples
simple
“The food was bad, to say the least.”
contextual
“The hotel room was dirty and noisy, to say the least, so we asked for a refund immediately.”
complex
“His performance during the final presentation was disorganized and lacked preparation, to say the least, leaving the board members visibly unimpressed.”
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