lesser standard

collocation in English

meaningsoflesserandstandard

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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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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition oflesserandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflesser standard

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A customer may wish alesserstandardof service and to pay less for it.
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Is it not better to give alesserstandardof housing for all, until we can have better for all?
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And if a certain standard was desirable and right at that time, nolesserstandardcan make us safe to-day.
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Will we expect the skilled person to fulfil only thelesserstandardof the unskilled person?
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The countries with alesserstandardare not likely to go forward if they find that their more progressive rivals stand back.
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I hope that some form of incentive will be given to those likely to carry out this idea, to increase the outlet for our thinnings andlesserstandardwoods.
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My concern is that because the new clause does not set that out, we could end up imposing alesserstandardon the expert than the law does at present.
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We cannot accept thatlesserstandard.
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There is no occasion to consider in this case whether somelesserstandardof review than rational basis should apply.
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Poorer "daimyo" had just one, thelesserstandard, while wealthier "daimyo" had both.
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While these standards took many forms, they all fall into two broad categories: the "-uma-jirushi" and the "ko-uma-jirushi", the great standard and thelesserstandardrespectively.
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Indeed, you would have a situation of countries imposing lesser standards and then competing unfairly with us.
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Software consumers, having little else to fall back on, have simply accepted the lesser standards as normal.
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The lesser standards are rational basis review and exacting or intermediate scrutiny.
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