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lesser quantity

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lesser
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈles.ər/ us /ˈles.ɚ/
used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/ us /ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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Examples of lesser quantity


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The female was at least fifty years old, and also wore shell jewelry, but in lesserquantity than the principal personage.
The ileum absorbs a lesserquantity of three to five litres.
It accelerates soil warming and water evaporation in spring because of the lesserquantity of residues on the soil surface.
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The web newscast was also part of their advocacy to use lesserquantity of paper.
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Chemists find this is the most powerful contributor to saffron's fragrance, despite its presence in a lesserquantity than safranal.
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Similarly, eating a lesserquantity of sugar in one sitting does not decrease the time of demineralization.
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The remaining 38 percent of the men displayed a lesserquantity of chest hair.
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The transformity of energy becomes degraded, dispersed, and diminished from higher quality to lesserquantity as the energy within a food chain flows from one trophic species into another.
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They buy their coals by hundredweights, quarter hundredweights, and even in lesser quantities.
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In some cases there are increased prices for lesser quantities.
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Hazardous cargoes in solid bulk form are carried in lesser quantities.
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As it does so, it often picks up mineral deposits, principally iron, but sometimes lesser quantities of manganese and aluminium.
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Most of these commodities were still being produced in 2005, although in lesser quantities.
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Trade volumes reduced greatly, though not catastrophically, and resources were available in lesser quantities.
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As with other members of the genus, food consists mainly of small fishes with lesser quantities of shrimp and squid.
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Surrounding farms mainly produce wheat, barley, canola and wool, while lesser quantities of lupins, oats, alfalfa and other crops are also grown.
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However, they were sold in much lesser quantities.
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Oil also has been found in lesser quantities, but sufficient (with recent high oil prices) to be commercially viable.
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It also eats berries and fruits in lesser quantities.
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