NOT TO MENTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does not to mention mean? 

• NOT TO MENTION (adverb)
  The adverb NOT TO MENTION has 1 sense:

1. much less

  Familiarity information: NOT TO MENTION used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOT TO MENTION (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Much less

Synonyms:

let alone; not to mention

Context example:

she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal

 Context examples 

You see, he said, wiping his head, and breathing with difficulty, she hasn't taken much to any companions here; she hasn't taken kindly to any particular acquaintances and friends, not to mention sweethearts.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Not to mention Turkey, where the population growth rate jumped from -3.9% in 2006-2007 to +1.29% in 2007-2008.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

Not to mention the agrochemicals used in agriculture - their discharge on rivers contributes immensely to fish mortality.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

Then we passed down the Strand, where the crowd was thicker than ever, and even penetrated beyond Temple Bar and into the City, though my uncle begged me not to mention it, for he would not wish it to be generally known.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indeed they are very delightful apples, and Mrs. Wallis does them full justice—only we do not have them baked more than twice, and Mr. Woodhouse made us promise to have them done three times—but Miss Woodhouse will be so good as not to mention it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mrs. Bennet was restored to her usual querulous serenity; and, by the middle of June, Kitty was so much recovered as to be able to enter Meryton without tears; an event of such happy promise as to make Elizabeth hope that by the following Christmas she might be so tolerably reasonable as not to mention an officer above once a day, unless, by some cruel and malicious arrangement at the War Office, another regiment should be quartered in Meryton.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I felt very fiery on my aunt's account; but I said it would certainly be better, if Miss Murdstone pleased, not to mention her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It would be worth a journey (not to mention the pleasure of a journey with you, Daisy), to see that sort of people together, and to make one of 'em.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Blood cannot be obtained from a stone, neither can anything on account be obtained at present (not to mention law expenses) from Mr. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)