lessest

Adjective

least

1. Chiefly used with abstract nouns: less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.
   • least common multiple

   Synonyms:

   slightest

   Antonyms:

   greatest, most

2. Of two or more animals or plants with the same name: the smaller or smallest.
   • least weasel

   Synonyms:

   slightest

   Antonyms:

   greatest, most

3. (archaic) Lowest in importance or status; most insignificant or unimportant.
   • [M]ans reaſon is ſo farre off from being the meaſurer of faith, vvhich very far exceedeth nature, that it is not ſo much as the meaſurer of nature, & of the leaſt creatures vvhich lie farre vnderneath man; becauſe of the ignorance and vntovvardnes vvhich is in vs and raigneth in vs.1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “The Preface to the Reader”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London...

   Antonyms:

   greatest, most

4. (obsolete) Followed by an agent noun: of a person: who does some action to the smallest degree.

   Antonyms:

   greatest, most

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