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none the less 

The root of "none the less" or "never the less" might be "no less" or "no less than", with "none" being tangible and "never" being temporal.

It seems to be a comparative phrase. It is usually used in the second half of a sentence after a comma (like the word "but" or "even though").

"None the less" is probably often mis-used:

"He's having a hard time learning english, none the less he is very smart."

sounds better as . . .

"He's having a hard time learning english, but he is very smart none the less."

and the possible root term . . .

"He's having a hard time learning english, but he is no less smart for it."

"He's having a hard time learning english, but he is very smart none the less."
none the less by libbyliterati March 18, 2007
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None The Less 

Metal n Roll Band From Watford - Legends!
"Did You Hear That None The Less Are Playing Download Festival This Year?"

"Yeah I Know - They Are Fucking Wicked !"





"Have You Heard That New Song By None The Less? I'll Feel Like Your Enemy?"

"Thats A Tune Mate !"
None The Less by SKPCFLR April 12, 2009

nonetheless 

Meaning: "despite," "anyways," or "regardless of."
I didn't want to do it, but I was going to, nonetheless.

I really dislike him. But he's family, so I love him nontheless.
nonetheless by Ryan VG December 25, 2005

nonetheless 

nonetheless is another word for However
Ill not come to your house nonetheless i might go to the party
nonetheless by amarayuplo56 November 26, 2021
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
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