lesser
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
Other meanings
(comparative or contrast) that which is of lesser size, quality, degree, or significance; of lower status, importance, or rank
“The larger Sand Hill Cranes increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lesser ones do.”
Related words
- lesser anteater
- Lesser Antilles
- lesser ape
- lesser arcana
- lesser auk
- lesser bilby
- lesser black-backed gull
- Lesser Britain
- lesser capybara
- lesser celandine
- lesser chinchilla
- lesser baby innocence
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