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Meaning of lesser-known | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/ˈlɛsəˈnəʊn/

Definitions

  1. Not as well-known or widely known as others of the same kind.
    not-comparable
  2. comparative form of little-known: more little-known
    comparative, form-of, not-comparable

Examples

“It's those lesser-known boxers you gotta watch out for.”
“To celebrate the centenary next month of the opening of the first section (Forest Gate to Tilbury) of the former London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, the Stephenson Locomotive Society is organising a special rail tour over that route and other lesser-known L.T.S.R. lines.”
“In Berlin, however, there is a handful of 'proper' ghost stations that can still be uncovered and observed, if not always visited. They constitute one of the German capital's lesser-known Cold War features, the so-called Geisterbahnhoffe^([sic]).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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