Lesser: adj. comparative (word coming from the Latin minor (minor), compar. of parvus “small”).
The adjective “lesser” has many meanings:
I) Comparison:
1. Smaller (in quantity, importance), weaker (inferior).
It's a lesser evil.
To make less (lessen).
A lower quality wine.
At lower cost.
Much less, (literary.) much less.
2. Aged meaning: Inferior (in merit, in rank).
II) Superlative:
1. The least: the smallest, the least...
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