for fear that
lest
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lest.
Editorial note
It's pretty crazy, it's in their best interest to me negligent, lest they be responsible.
Quick take
for fear that
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lest gathered in one view.
that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lest.
adverb
for fear that
adverb
that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.)
Example sentences
It's pretty crazy, it's in their best interest to me negligent, lest they be responsible.
Got to keep them in check lest they attack America with their ball-point pens!
It's important to preserve the weight of words lest you further increase people's apathy.
In production code, I actually try not to be obscene lest somebody else come across it.
How will you deny the private key on that USB drive you are very very careful to store securely, lest you lose the ability to view the video?
Imagine a source code repository where you have to be mindful of your comments, lest you become the target of a SJW out to destroy your career, friendships and reputation?
*At lest independent sites that are not created through some service, a la Blogger, and which it would be labor-intense for the government to police one by one.
Surely this view provides some benefit to the community, lest we prefer languages that compute incorrectly with regularity and a proliferation of vulnerabilities across every domain that has been coupled with technology.
Also, lest I scare people off from Splatoon, I should note that I spent $300 on the Splatoon Wii U bundle just to play it, and would do so again in a heartbeat.
I was once publicly upbraided for revealing someone's gender -- all the regulars knew, but she wanted to be incognito for the legions of net-geeks, lest she receive zillions of come-ons every time she posted anything.
I personally don't think most peopke's lives are that controversial to be so concerned about their privacy that they'll avoid the grid altogether lest some lewd fact trickle out amongs the billions of other lewd facts trickling out about everyone.
As much as I'm disappointed with Wal-Mart for not being embarrassed their employees are on food stamps, I understand that they can't raise their wage unilaterally lest it puts them at a competitive disadvantage - which is why you need legislation!
Quote examples
At some point it would simply be optimal to record your own surrounding for your own sake, lest you end up as a juicy target for rising democratic prosecutor or attention hungry "Activists".
Soon we'll all have to wear brown paper bags over our heads and speak through a gender-neutral, computer generated microphone voice lest someone gets upset or gets an "unfair" advantage.
Remember, in most places you'll not get in your "Annual Goals" until March/April, will have you mid year review done in September, and then have your annual review due by early November (lest people's year end vacations be a problem).
Other than that, your point appears to be that if there are no tables and numbers, nobody should write an article about the invention, lest it becomes "cheap 'pop sci' link-bait jurinalism", and then you go on to insult the "author" of the "article" (do we really need the condescending quotes?).
Proper noun examples
Lest not forget, that people got imprisoned for political reasons because of vendors such as HT, FinFisher by Gamma and others.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lest in a sentence?
It's pretty crazy, it's in their best interest to me negligent, lest they be responsible.
What does lest mean?
for fear that
What part of speech is lest?
lest is commonly used as adverb.