to say the least

idiom

used to emphasize a statement
She was not happy, to say the least.

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But turning over the airwaves for a political speech was uncommon, to say the least. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025 The original Urus was a success, to say the least, as evidenced by its being named Robb Report’s 2019 Car of the Year. Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The result was a series of photos that, today, look a little unusual to say the least with many of the filters present in the images now less common among social media users. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 The Academy Awards are a month away, and both the L.A. fires and the world are facing rapidly changing situations, to say the least. Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for to say the least 

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“To say the least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20say%20the%20least. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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