Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Positive
lesser

Comparative
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Superlative
least

  1. (usually before a noun) The lesser of two things is the one with the smaller size, importance, duration, etc.
    They made a lot of money, while we took home lesser sums.
    A lesser man would have given up.
  2. Plants and animals with names like lesser X are typically smaller than a closely related species, often called greater X.
    The lesser prairie-chicken is a medium to large bird, striped white and brown, slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the greater prairie chicken (T. cupido).
  3. Places with names like Lesser X are typically south of a place named Greater X or in the south part of X.
    We sailed north from the Lesser Antilles to the Greater Antilles.