[{"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["to a smaller extent, amount, or degree:less exact.", "most certainly not (often preceded bymuchorstill):He could barely pay for his own lodging, much less for that of his friend.", "in any way different; other :He is nothing less than a thief."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["smaller in size, amount, degree, etc.; not so large, great, or much:less money; less speed.", "lower in consideration, rank, or importance:no less a person than the manager.", "fewer :less than a dozen."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a smaller amount or quantity:Hundreds of soldiers arrived, but less of them remained.", "something inferior or not as important:He was tortured for less."]}, {"Bold_text": "preposition", "List Items": ["minus ; without :a year less two days; six dollars less tax."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless), and in adjectives derived from verbs, indicating failure or inability to perform or be performed (resistless; tireless)."]}]