twice as less

adverb

Half as much.

Meanings

adverbtwice as less (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparableproscribedHalf as much.

    The governing party receives twice as less votes here than it does on average across Russia.

    2015 July 27, Yaroslav Vlasov, “Electioneering games in Siberia”, in Open Democracy
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    But this^([sic]) two oncoming waves move with velocity approximately twice as less as previous component: […].

    2002, Claude R. Phipps, editor, High-power Laser Ablation III, SPIE, page 415

    The children also are able to construct a table to assist them in determining how many runs must be made by a truck and a trailer in order to transport 1080 tons of coal, if the truck can haul 30 tons per load and the trailer can carry twice as less coal per load.

    2011, Cai Jinfa, Eric J. Knuth, editors, Early Algebraization: A Global Dialogue from Multiple Perspectives, Springer, page 83

Origin

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