You can use 'any (the)' before the comparative forms of adjectives in negative sentences:
He doesn't look any (the) worse for his experience.
His attempts at explanation didn't make it any (the) more comprehensible.
This is not very common.
I should have made it clear that the 'not common' referred to 'any the + comparative adjective'.Your last sentence is interesting. As I started to read your post, I was thinking "I can't believe I didn't come up with those. I say that kind of thing all the time!"
Have you ever known me say something that wasn't true?I would say that "I'm none the wiser" is pretty common, but I can't think of any other examples of that construction that I would call common, it's true.
Have you ever known me say something that wasn't true?