Than

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used in comparatives of superiority (ADJ-er than, more ADJ/ADV/N(s) than, ) and inferiority (less ADJ/ADV/N than / fewer Ns than)

There is no equivalent morpheme to -er for comparisons of inferiority. As a result, the structure not as ADJ as is frequent, especially with short adjectives. Cf. as.