The phrase "a lesser side" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a less significant or less favorable aspect of something.
Example: "While the project had many strengths, it also revealed a lesser side that we need to address moving forward."
Alternatives: "a minor aspect" or "a subordinate side".
Long experience has taught me that when playing against a lesser side the tension is reduced massively and victory is far more likely when runs have been put on the board.
As a result Sri Lanka, after racing along to 363 for nine, won the game by 148 runs, giving a simple demonstration of how to deal with a "lesser" side.
Pulis felt a lesser side would have reacted badly to such a setback, but when the hosts pressed again, Mr Oliver's lynx-eyed intervention gave Higginbotham, a journeyman def-ender brought back to Stoke from Sunderland, his shot at glory.
Pochettino rested Christian Eriksen, after he was a shadow of himself on Thursday, but Eriksen is the brains of this team and they were a lesser side without him.
The belief in the group, the way they stuck at it for 80 minutes, a lesser side would maybe not even have been in the contest.
They could go for him or put Joe Root at the top of the order - whichever they do, we won't be a lesser side.
Therefore it is imperative to look for a therapeutic system with lesser side effects urgently to address the underlying causes of poor treatment outcomes.
There could be a similar drug with lesser side effects.
Although the size of the board and the number of pieces varied, all games involved a distinctive 2 1 ratio of pieces, with the lesser side having a king-piece that started in the centre.
A greater understanding of the role that hGR heterogeneity plays in the cellular response to glucocorticoids should aid in the development of new glucocorticoid compounds with selective activities that may offer the prospect of an improved outcome with lesser side effects.
This may be the reason why in many instances reactions performed under microwave irradiation at an optimized reaction temperature lead to lesser side products in comparison to reactions performed under conventional heating where the reaction temperature is often non-optimal [29 31].
