lesser-known

English

Etymology

From lesser +‎ known.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsəˈnəʊn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsɚˈnoʊn/

Adjective

lesser-known (not comparable)

  1. Not as well-known or widely known as others of the same kind.
    It's those lesser-known boxers you gotta watch out for.
    • 1954 March, “Notes and News: S.L.S. Tour of Tilbury Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 215:
      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.
    • 2025 October 29, Vitali Vitaliev, “Haunted by the past”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 68:
      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].
  2. comparative form of little-known: more little-known
    Synonyms: less-known, littler-known
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