lesser

[less·er]

Use the adjective lesser to describe something that's smaller than or inferior to something else. A lesser singer might sound fine in the context of a large chorus, but a solo performance could be tricky.

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Less; smaller; inferior.

Adjective S.
smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"

Adjective
of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"

a.
Less; smaller; inferior.

adv.
Less.

Lesser

Less"er , a. [This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See Less, a.] Less; smaller; inferior.

God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night.

&hand; Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious.

The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.

The larger here, and there the lesser lambs.

By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law.

Lesser

Less"er, adv. Less. [Obs.] Shak.

Less; smaller; inferior.

Less.

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Usage Examples

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.

Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.

It's pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils.

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.