Many such drives from the government have been initiated with little long-term results.
I know the meaning of long-term.But what it means when "little" word is added before it?
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Sign up to join this communityMany such drives from the government have been initiated with little long-term results.
I know the meaning of long-term.But what it means when "little" word is added before it?
'Little' here applies to "long-term results", and not just to "long-term".
Hence, what it means is that the drives from the government have been started with a very few (positive) results in the longer run.