less + adjectives?

Answer 1

careless, helpless .. etc !

Answer 2

As far as I can tell it seems not to be used with "ordinary" adjectives accompanying a noun, except as a suffix, by educated speakers/writers.

It is used with adjectives in comparatives, as in something being "less damaging than ...".

Answer 3

less is a suffix forming adjectives and adverbs:

1 from nouns, meaning ‘not having, without, free from’ (e.g. powerless).

2 from verbs, meaning ‘not accessible to, affected by, or performing the action of the verb’ (e.g. fathomless; ceaseless). [Old English]

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and the followings are different exaples that show you the meaning of "less" according to its position in the sentence :

A)adj. :

1 smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc.

2 of smaller quantity, not so much (less meat). 3 colloq. fewer (e.g. less biscuits).

B) Adverb : to a smaller extent, in a lower degree.


C) Noun: smaller amount, quantity, or number (e.g. will take less; for less than $10).

D)Prepositon. : minus (e.g. made $1,000 less tax).