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lesser
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lesser adjective ancillary, baser, diminished, humbler, inferior, junior, less considerable, lower, mediocre, minor, more modest, secondary, second-rate, shorter, simpler, slighter, smaller, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, under, unimportant
Associated concepts: lesser charge, lesser included offense
See also: ancillary, inferior, mediocre, minimal, minor, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary


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He is careful not to embrace him too tightly, but clearly he is the candidate who is the lesser evil among the Palestinian leadership.
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Avoidance is not really deprivation- because you always choose the lesser evil.
 
 
 
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