Sentence examples for Lesser from inspiring English sources
The word "lesser" is correct in written English
It is typically used to indicate something of lower quality, importance, or degree compared to something else. Example: "In the debate, he argued that the lesser-known candidate had more innovative ideas."
noun
A thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
His attorney, Anders Folk, argued that since the IDs weren't used criminally, Novak should receive a lesser punishment.
They spent months in jail before being released on their own recognizance in November 2013, and then were convicted on a lesser charge of child endangerment and sentenced to three years in prison in March of this year.
Most of those caricatures came out of England in the 18th and 19th centuries, though their victims in the lesser nations often adopted them enthusiastically.
Best, Joe Dear Joe, I confess I had no idea who you were when your letter first arrived, but having looked you up, I discover that though you are a lesser Jew than me – la chose juive c'est aussi importante que la chose génitale (as Charcot would say – there might be some $$$$ in my extravagantly parenthesised bons mots reaching a wider audience).
The Quizeum will uncover the stories behind some of the lesser known ones.
Lesser fly-on-the-wall programmes would have ladled the pathos on with a shovel but there's an unfussy, understated humanity here.
From iconic landmarks such as Westminster Bridge and Hyde Park, to lesser-known parts of the city, you'll explore the capital while it is just waking up.
This is the lesser-visited Eastern Algarve, and the unspoiled beaches of the Rio Formosa national park are only a 15-minute drive away.
Sunvil Holidays has a 10-night island-hopping trip to the lesser-known Cyclades from £850pp with flights and B&B.
My favourite performance is in a lesser-known film, Hope Springs, in which she plays half of a couple going through marriage counselling (Tommy Lee Jones is inflexible and uncommunicative; she's a people-pleaser who's shrunk during their life together).
When Daniel Radcliffe played a disabled orphan in The Cripple of Inishmaan this won more headlines for the production than if a disabled, lesser-known actor had been cast.
