lesser
Example Sentences
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Families who lost their homes can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars under the program, while those with damaged homes receive lesser amounts.
From Los Angeles Times
But reasonable observers can admit that any sane policy will, to a greater or lesser degree, look ugly.
Unlike well known inflammatory signals such as histamine and cytokines, epoxy-oxylipins belong to a lesser studied pathway that researchers believed might help naturally quiet the immune system.
From Science Daily
He has already been sentenced to five years in prison on lesser charges, while a host of senior officials also face hefty prison terms.
From Barron's
The lesser character of a mysterious grand design.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
