to say the least

idiom

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

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The alliance relied on an American guarantee that is no longer reliable, to say the least. Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025 As a car built before safety regs meant doors became big and windows shrank, the visibility on offer is refreshing to say the least. Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2025 Other investments, like Axiom Space, Boom Supersonic and OpenAI, are speculative, to say the least. Michael Foster, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 Unfortunately, the album flopped — not ready for radio airplay in 1973, to say the least. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 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 13 Mar. 2025.

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