Let Alone

Definition: Let Alone

Let Alone

Adverb

1. Much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Let Alone

Addition

With, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with; conjointly; jointly.

Avoidance

Eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in.

Disuse

Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning.

Freedom

Laisser faire, laisser aller; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone.

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Noncompletion

Verb: not complete; leave unfinished; Adjective:, leave undone, drop, put down; neglect; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget).

Permanence

Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Quiescence

Stagnate; quieta non movere; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.

Unconformity

Adverb: unconformably; Adjective: except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone.

Crosswords: Let Alone

Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth. (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

I don't even own a gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner)

But this is England, where I thought you never arrest, let alone convict, people for crimes they have not committed. (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Privacy--The Right to Be Let Alone (reference)

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So long as it is let alone, it takes its own course.

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Business

The US is big with long driving distances and Europe, let alone Italy, is much smaller. (references)

In addition, many existing waste water treatment plants do not meet minimum Polish standards under existing directives, let alone begin to meet the more stringent standards required for EU accession and integration. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

In the past, detailed public discussion of the military as an institution was hampered severely since any published discussion, let alone criticism, of the defense budget was proscribed by law. (references)

Economic History

Uzbekistan

An aggravating factor is the GOU's reluctance, in most cases, to give foreign investors even the 51 percent of shares needed for day-to-day operational control, let alone the 76 percent required under Uzbekistan's corporate law for serious restructuring. (references)

Trade

Azerbaijan

The existing credit supply is far too small to provide a suitable environment for the development of even small enterprises in Azerbaijan, let alone medium-sized ones. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "let alone": let alone smb. ♦ To let alone. Additional references.

Albanian

politikë e mosndërhyrjes (laissez-faire policy), mosndërhyrje (laissez faire, non-intervention). (various references)

Bulgarian 

да не говорим за. (various references)

Chinese 

何況 (much less). (various references)

Czech

nechat na pokoji (leave alone), natož. (various references)

Finnish

saatikka (all the more so, not to mention, to say nothing of), saati (all the more so, not to mention, to say nothing of), jostakin puhumattakaan, heittää sikseen (abandon, let be). (various references)

German

geschweige denn (never mind). (various references)

Greek 

πόσο μάλλον. (various references)

Hebrew 

לעזוב ל� פשו (leave alone, strand). (various references)

Hungarian

egyedül hagy, beleegyezés (acceptance, acquiescence, approval, assent, compliance, consent, deference, endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, permission, sanction). (various references)

Indonesian

jangankan. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

差し置く (to disregard, to leave as is, to let alone). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さしおく (to disregard, to leave as is, to let alone). (various references)

Pig Latin

etlay aloneay

Romanian

lãsa de o parte (count out, hang up, lay aside, lay by, leave out of consideration), lãsa în pace (leave alone), nu plictisi, nu lua în considerare (disregard), nu deranja, ca sã nu mai vorbim de (not to mention). (various references)

Russian 

не говоря уже о (not to mention, to say nothing of). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzdržljivost (abstainer, abstention, reserve, restraint, stand off, temperance), popustljivost (amenability, clemency, complaisance, compliance, deference, permissiveness, placability, suppleness), ostaviti na miru (give a break, leave alone), odlaganje (adjournment, deferment, postponement, stay), ne dirati (hands off, let go), a da i ne spominjem. (various references)

Spanish

sin hablar de, dejar solo (neglect), dejar en paz (give a break, leave alone), dejar a uno solo, dejar a uno en paz (give a break). (various references)

Swedish

låta bli (forbear, help, lay off, leave alone, let be, refrain), lämna i fred (leave in peace, let be). (various references)

Thai

อย่าเอ่ยถึง, ปล่อยทิ้งไว้. (various references)

Turkish

rahat bırakmak (give a horse the reins, lay off, leave alone, leave in peace, leave well alone, let be, not to bother), karışmamak (have no concern with, leave alone, let be, not to interfere), şöyle dursun. (various references)

Ukrainian

дати спокій комусь (let alone smb.). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: etalon, lateen, oleate, tolane.

-3 letters: allee, allot, alone, anele, anole, atoll, atone, eaten, elate, enate, laten, leant, lento, leone, llano, notal, oaten, talon, telae, tolan, tonal.

-4 letters: aeon, alee, aloe, alto, ante, elan, enol, etna, lane, late, leal, lean, leet, leno, lent, loan, lone, lota, neat, noel, nota, note, olea, olla, tael, tale.

+1 letter: linoleate.

+2 letters: fontanelle, lanceolate, linoleates, malevolent.

+3 letters: balletomane, collectanea, constellate, endosteally, endothelial, fontanelles, intolerable, nonskeletal, stonewalled, stonewaller.

+4 letters: adolescently, andouillette, balletomanes, complemental, constellated, constellates, crenellation, endoskeletal, malevolently, metallophone, oblanceolate, opalescently, peritoneally, reflectional, stonewallers, teetotalling, tessellation, volatileness.

+5 letters: acetylcholine, andouillettes, blanketflower, crenellations, developmental, exceptionally, exponentially, extensionally, forestallment, hellenization, interpellator, metallophones, noncollegiate, nondepletable, nonelectrical, nonfilterable, pelletization, planetologies, telencephalon, tessellations, ultraviolence, ventrolateral, zooxanthellae.