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• In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.From the entry override
• Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.From the entry thrust
• They all had to either accept a bump down to a lesser role or get fired.From the entry bump
• She's traipsed off to Borneo to see the lesser spotted pygmy owl, or something like that.From the entry lesser spotted
• Although the power of a king is lesser in degree than an emperor, it is the similar in specie.From the entry in specie
• The better-off tend to look upon us as lesser mortals.From the entry lesser mortal
• Charlie was not someone who liked to shine among a group of lesser minds.2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 119. From the entry outblaze
• It would be composed and dispatched overnight by lesser members of the flattersome company.2013, Wyndham Lewis, C.J. Fox, Journey into Barbary. From the entry flattersome
• “And a lesser gemsmith would not pay nearly the diamonds' worth.2011, Barbara Metzger, Queen of Diamonds. From the entry gemsmith
• Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.2007 June 20, Simon Hughes, “Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master”, in Telegraph.co.uk. From the entry obduracy
• The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4).2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12. From the entry myrmicine
• Lesser types, like sierra saffron, have shorter stamens and a quantity of white and yellow flower parts.2005, Karen Anand, International Cooking With Karen Anand, page 77. From the entry sierra
• In the hands of a lesser artist, such a gift would be a disaster.2004, Robert Sward, Bruce Meyer [Epilogue], “Epilogue”, in The collected poems of Robert Sward, 1957-2004, Black Moss Press, page 224. From the entry tropery
• Except for the nose candy, I'm addicted to all of them, to a greater or lesser degree.1999, Les Roberts, A Shoot in Cleveland, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry nose candy
• In the interim, however, there will be plenty of lesser objects to observe.1999, Neil Bone, Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN. From the entry great comet
• Towns of lesser importance include An-ch'ing, the former provincial capital; Ma-an-shan; and Ta-t'ung.1998, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 173. From the entry An-ch'ing
• Shanghai and, to a lesser extent, Taiwan, lack the transparency and level playing field of Hong Kong.1997, Michael J. Enright, Edith Elizabeth Scott, David Dodwell, The Hong Kong Advantage, page 274. From the entry to a lesser extent
• Singapore, Shanghai, and, to a lesser extent, Sydney, lack the entrepreneurial drive found in Hong Kong.1997, Michael J. Enright, Edith Elizabeth Scott, David Dodwell, The Hong Kong Advantage, page 274. From the entry to a lesser extent
• The pudendal nerve exits via greater sciatic foramen and enters perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen.1993, Thomas R. Gest, William E. Burkel, Nicholas A. Waanders, “Gluteal Region and Posterior Thigh”, in Review Questions for Gross Anatomy…. From the entry exit
• The checkout operator rang on the lesser sum, a mistake known to Dronjak.1990, The New Zealand Law Reports - Volume 3, page 75. From the entry ring
• He wore his strange and colourful clothes as if for inspection by a lesser being: condescendingly, casually.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 10. From the entry casually
• Carpet export from east Turkestan was therefore always directed primarily westwards and to a lesser extent southwards.1970 [1964], Reinhard G. Hubel, “The carpets of East Turkestan”, in Katherine Watson, transl., The Book of Carpets, West Germany: Praeger…. From the entry East Turkestan
• Have you, aged, settled into lesser lights, or have you retained all your viripotent powers?1964, Gertrude Jobes, James Jobes, Outer space, page 384. From the entry viripotent
• Most of the people have migrated from Lung-ling and to a lesser extent from T'eng-ch'ung.1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 304. From the entry Lung-ling
• When does a "lesser evilist" begin to fight for the greatest good, i.e., socialism?1949, Anvil and Student Partisan - Volumes 1-5, page 6. From the entry lesser evilist
• Lesser lesions on fine nerve fibrils and gemmules, or nerve cells may reasonably be postulated.1927, William N[ewbold] Bispham, “Professional Schools in Military and Nonmilitary Institutions”, in Frank W. Weed, editor, The Medical…. From the entry gemmule
• Of the lesser gods he is supergod; and he is yellow through and through!1920, Mathew Carey, World Call, Men and Millions Movement, page 26. From the entry supergod
• Baby lesser flamingos, known as flaminglets, are initially gray in color because they haven't adopted the pink diet.2024, Geo Rutherford, Spooky Lakes, page 75. From the entry flaminglet
• There were Heggies on the ground, hundreds of them in sight, but they had suddenly become the lesser evil.2022 February 27, Rick Shelley, Jump Pay, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry reccer
• In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.2021, Zachary Henry, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, Wael Saad, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices…. From the entry cardiofundal
• Industrial capital requires —to a greater or lesser degree—time (circulation time) and costs (circulation costs) for the sale.2018, Teinosuke Otani, A Guide to Marxian Political Economy, page 295. From the entry circulation time
• Crumbling silvery stone beneath her hand and in front of her face: monzonite, maybe, or one of the lesser schists.2015, N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season, Orbit (2016), page 277. From the entry monzonite
• Tursan is one of South West France's lesser known AOCs, located in the southeast corner of the Landes administrative department.2014 April 22, “Tursan Wine”, in Wine-Searcher, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2015. From the entry AOC
• The simpler the brand, the lesser the likelihood that it will blotch and be unsightly and hard to read.2012, Sue Weaver, Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock, →ISBN. From the entry blotch
• In his philosophy he practised an ecumenicism that in a lesser mind would strike us as suspicious or even craven.2010, Neal Stephenson, “Atoms of cognition: metaphysics in the Royal Society, 1715–2010”, in Bill Bryson, editor, Seeing Further: The…. From the entry ecumenicism
• The lesser plebs are not unscrupulous troublemakers.2009, Erica Benner, chapter 8, in Machiavelli's Ethics. From the entry plebs
• More or lesser amounts of middlings are always formed, and must be reprocessed to salvage the good seed it contains.2009, Bill (B. R.) Greg, Gary L. Billups, “Gravity Separator”, in Seed Conditioning, volume 2 (Technology Part-A; Advanced-level…. From the entry middlings
• Instead, Li was convicted on a lesser offence, reckless driving.2009 January 6, “Death of graft-buster not murder, court rules”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry Yingze

Meaning of lesser

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

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Questions about lesser in a sentence

How do you use lesser in a sentence?

Lesser is used as an adjective. For example: “The larger Sand Hill Cranes increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lesser ones do.”

What is a short sentence with lesser?

“The lesser plebs are not unscrupulous troublemakers.”

What does lesser mean?

Lesser means of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.