not to mention

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not to mention

conjunction

idiomatic An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion. The city was already having staffing difficulties, not to mention having a three million dollar budget shortfall.
Similar: to say nothing of

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conj much less

Español	sin mencionar, por no hablar de, para no hablar de, por no decir, por no mencionar, sin hablar de
中文	更不用說 /更不用说 gèng bùyòng shuō, 何況 /何况 hékuàng
Português	sem falar de
Français	sans parler de
Deutsch	zugeschweigen, ganz zu schweigen von
Italiano	senza parlare di
Română	darămite
Русский	не говоря́ уже́ о ne govorjá užé o
العربية	نَاهِيكَ عَن nāhīka ʕan, هٰذَا عَدَا عَنْ hāḏā ʕadā ʕan
עברית	שֶׁלֹּא לְדַבֵּר עַל

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@misc{not_to_mention_2026,
  title = {not to mention},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/not%20to%20mention},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}