The meaning of Lesser

adjective

Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc.

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Ancillary staff

noun

A person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, system, etc.

Usage examples:

The employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries

adjective

Providing supplementary or additional help and support.

Usage examples:

Auxiliary airport staff

noun

An auxiliary person or thing.

Usage examples:

A nursing auxiliary

adjective

Giving help or support, esp. to a more important person or thing

Usage examples:

The hospital has an auxiliary power supply in case of a power failure.

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

Usage examples:

Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

Usage examples:

Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Usage examples:

The sum required was insignificant compared with military spending

adjective

Not important or thought to be valuable

Usage examples:

Her problems seemed pretty insignificant compared to her brother’s., my colleagues despised this ma…

adjective

Less high in position.

Usage examples:

The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

Usage examples:

Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

adjective

Relating to or at the edge or margin.

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Marginal notes

noun

A seat in a parliament or on a council that is held by a small majority and is at risk in an election.

Usage examples:

She is defending a key marginal for the tories

adjective

Small in amount or effect

Usage examples:

The difference between the two bids was marginal., i think his guess is only marginally better than…

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

adjective

Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

Usage examples:

The peripheral areas of europe

noun

A peripheral device.

Usage examples:

Printers and other peripherals

adjective

Not central or of main importance

Usage examples:

First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a peripheral issue.

adjective

Of little importance; trivial.

Usage examples:

Both groups are known to fight over petty issues

adjective

Small or of little importance

Usage examples:

A petty thief, i don’t have time for petty matters like that., retaliating against the people who h…

prefix

In words adopted from latin originally meaning ‘apart’ (as in separate ) or meaning ‘without’ (as in secure ).

abbreviation

South-east or south-eastern.

Usage examples:

Se regional offices

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 34, a grey crystalline non-metal with semiconducting properties.

adjective

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Usage examples:

The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

noun

Former term for mesozoic.

adjective

Less important than related things

Usage examples:

A coach’s first responsibility is to the team – everything else is secondary., the secondary curric…

adjective

Small in degree; inconsiderable.

Usage examples:

A slight increase

verb

Insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was desperate not to slight a guest

verb

Raze or destroy (a fortification)

Usage examples:

A council determined whether the fort should be kept or slighted

adjective

Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

Usage examples:

A subsidiary flue of the main chimney

noun

A company controlled by a holding company.

Usage examples:

A subsidiary of cable and wireless

adjective

Provided in addition to what is already present or available to complete or enhance it.

Usage examples:

Many premature infants need supplemental oxygen soon after birth

adjective

→  supplementary

adjective

Completing or enhancing something.

Usage examples:

The programme offers supplementary information about the news

noun

A supplementary person or thing.

Usage examples:

Obviously we are a panel of three and different members of the panel will explore different issues,…

adjective

Added to something else in order to improve it or complete it

Usage examples:

Teachers often create supplementary materials for their classes., some workers are eligible for sup…

adjective

Lacking in importance or significance.

Usage examples:

Trivial and unimportant details

adjective

Not important

Usage examples:

The money we lost is relatively unimportant, but the emotional stress of being robbed is hard to ge…