lesser importance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflesserandimportance
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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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importance
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition oflesserandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The students themselves seemed to consider revision of content important but saw it as oflesserimportanceto the teachers.
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Finally, and oflesserimportanceto the central hypothesis, the relationship between the continuous psychometric data and the biological data was examined.
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A relative decrease in expenditures on nondurables reflects thelesserimportanceof basic goods.
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Young does not fully explain thelesserimportanceof responsiveness and !
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With modern, low-dose epidural techniques this risk is oflesserimportancesince motor power is generally conserved, even with more extensive blocks.
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Compared to valency, other aspects of information input seem to be oflesserimportance.
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Reliance on patronage helps resolve the free-rider problem because individual subscriptions become oflesserimportanceto the organization.
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However, in view of the time restrictions on tenancy contracts and the fact that the estate owner reviewed the pension contract, this aspect was probably oflesserimportance.
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There are one or two others oflesserimportance.
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Five million marks a clear dividing line between the ports of major significance to our trade and the ports oflesserimportance.
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The formal structure is oflesserimportance.
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I will quote one of perhapslesserimportance.
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My second criticism is perhaps oflesserimportancebut it is one which affects us all personally.
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There are some other transfers oflesserimportance.
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First—a reason oflesserimportance—the consumption of time for the police and others involved in a second trial is very substantial.
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This is not because it is oflesserimportance—far from it.
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We must now take with this what appears to be a matter of hardlylesserimportance.
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The third—it is matter oflesserimportance, but it is nevertheless important—concerns the grouping of the amendments.
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