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Seems a bit off the beaten path, but then again, the proposal I like the least is the one at Tower City.

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  1. adjective Lowest in importance or rank.
  2. adjective Smallest in magnitude or degree.
  3. adjective Slightest or tiniest: didn't care the least bit.

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  • It also represents the ascendancy of the notion that the people we should trust the least are the people who know the best what they're talking about.
  • Among the numberless graces that I have received this year, not the least is an understanding of how far-reaching is the precept of charity. —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • Among the military duties that weighed upon Nelson, not the least was the protection of British trade. —  The Life of Nelson, Vol. II
  • Seems a bit off the beaten path, but then again, the proposal I like the least is the one at Tower City. —  Cleveland Leader - Cleveland News & More!
  • And I think I speak for all in saying that among the many pleasant memories connected with our sanitary work, the last but not the least will be our share in the Field Relief Yours respectfully MRS. STEPHEN BARKER AMY M. BRADLEY Very few individuals in our country are entirely ignorant of the beneficent work performed by the Sanitary Commission during the late war; and these, perhaps, are the only ones to whom the name of Amy M. Bradley is unfamiliar. —  Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English lǣst; see leis-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English leste, lest, last, from Anglo-Saxon lǣst. contr. of læsast, læsest, lærest, least, superlative of læs (adverb and adjective), less (no positive in use): see less.
  2. from Middle English lest, last, from Anglo-Saxon lǣst, contr. of læsast, læsest, lærest, adverb, superlative of , less: see less.
 

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