fewer

[fewer]

(comparative of `few'' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late"

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Adjective
(comparative of `few'' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late"


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Usage Examples

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

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