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lesser

[ les-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

lesser

/ ˈlɛsə /

Origin of lesser¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English lasser, lesser; less, -er ⁴

The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.

An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.

Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.

Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?

The three parades since 9/11 have all been for lesser heroes.

Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.

But I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.

And he forgot his lesser self in this crowded atmosphere of ancient divinities and old-world splendour.

There was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.

Crane and Keith were at the same interesting employment, but on a lesser scale.

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