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lesser

/ˈlɛsɚ/

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What does lesser mean?

adjective

  1. Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
  2. that which is of lesser size, quality, degree, or significance; of lower status, importance, or rank

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɛsɚ/

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A supply of the omission is one of the lesser instances in which the convention have improved on the model before them.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
A dozen lesser therns confronted us from a large doorway at the opposite end of the storeroom from which we had entered.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe gods of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #64
More book examples (3)
It was a sort of worship in two steps, with the grand altar for the colonel and the lesser one for Thénardier.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
With a lesser stake than a human life at issue, I doubt if we should have attempted that dash to Windsor station.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
Only when he came right back to her, leaving his other, his lesser self, as she thought, would she feel alive again.
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217