lesser
smaller, as in size or importance; inferior: a lesser evil.
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How to use lesser in a sentence
Most visitors stick to Tenerife, the largest island, but a new trek with outfitter CanariaWays explores lesser-known La Gomera.
Avoid some of the lesser-known options, especially those with reputations for being highly unreliable.
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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.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome 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.
It’s Time for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Get a Parade of Their Own | Michael Daly | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHaggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordAnd he forgot his lesser self in this crowded atmosphere of ancient divinities and old-world splendour.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThere was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowCrane and Keith were at the same interesting employment, but on a lesser scale.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for lesser
/ (ˈlɛsə) /
not as great in quantity, size, or worth
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