lesser

Preposition: of

• evil: We must support the ' lesser of two evils ' .
• %: Statutory Paternity Leave Pay - the lesser of 90 % of the employe's average weekly earnings or £ 100 per week.

Preposition: than

part: Obviously God is perfect, no part of Him can be lesser than another part.

Modifies a noun

• extent: Bright children, to a greater or lesser extent, will succeed.
• mortal: All season they have managed to compete with just 3 players with us lesser mortals playing up to help out.
• celandine: I also spotted two yellow lesser celandines and one dandelion in flower.
• degree: To a lesser degree, these stories were repeated almost 70 times.
• woodpecker: The mocking laughter of a green woodpecker often follows you and the lesser spotted woodpecker is even brave enough to come into the garden.
• whitethroat: In summer the birches and brambles provide nest sites and feeding areas for breeding warblers such as lesser whitethroat, blackcap and willow warbler.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Other judges might have imposed a slightly lesser sentence, some I suppose might have imposed slightly more.
• somewhat: Jonathan, and Randy to a somewhat lesser degree, are atypical in their teaching practices.
• far: Stem cells are also present in the adult in far lesser numbers.
• much: Carvalho's made bad errors against much lesser opposition than Man Utd, some of which have led to goals being conceded.
• significantly: Digital transmission of TV and radio programs requires a significantly lesser data rate than that of the previous analog technology.
• no: In this case there is no lesser of weevils.

Used with adjective complement

replace: Alastair had plans for all the existing Dell PowerEdge 650 machines so none could be used to replace lesser powered print servers.