The phrase "a lesser ability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a skill or talent that is not as strong or developed as another.
Example: "While she has a lesser ability in mathematics compared to her peers, she excels in creative writing."
Alternatives: "a reduced skill" or "a diminished capability."
The biphasic curves were located to the right of the monophasic curves by 8 +/- 4 msec, indicating a lesser ability to excite refractory myocardium.
Comparing results for the same temperature, the ΣCO2 concentration in our komatiite experiments is higher than that in the basalt experiments of Shibuya et al. (2013b), thus indicating that komatiite has a lesser ability than basalt to absorb CO2 through water-rock reactions.
Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) escapes the destruction of Krypton at the same time as her more famous cousin, Kal-El (Kevin Caliber), and she shares the same speed, strength and stamina as him but with a lesser ability to control it.
The MAb R218 against the F1 domain had a lesser ability to block the binding of native EBA-175 to erythrocytes (IC50 ranged between 25 to 125 ng/mL IgG, (Fig. 3 and Table 1).
When we repeated these experiments with switching delayed until 12 h had elapsed (Figure 4C) the results were similar, except that those H. pylori transferred from 1% DFMO to control medium exhibited a lesser ability to recover compared to bacteria switched after 6 h.
Namely, the Cys variant of Nematostella NF-κB has a more avid binding affinity for a κB site from the promoter of the Nv-IκB gene (Figure 6A); however, the Cys variant has a lesser ability to activate a multimeric κB-site promoter in transient transfection assays in human A293 cells (Figure 6B).
Not all will be chemically equivalent and, depending on the number and strength of the M−O bonds (where M is a cation in the solid), the terminating O2− ions will have a greater or lesser ability to attract H+ ions.
This, in turn, could result in a greater or lesser ability to clear disseminated tumor cells at the secondary site.
Such differences include cells with a greater or lesser ability to synthesize 5-HT, and cells with different complements of receptors.
In startlingly blunt terms, Jones's early pages describe the soldier's rejection of the romantic advances of his sergeant, and his resentment, and resulting decision to transfer, when a more accommodating bugler of lesser ability is promoted over him.
The men knew what they could do under an extremely competent general; one of lesser ability and courage could well have lost the battle".
