lesser-known en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɛsɚˈnoʊn/ (US)
- /ˈlɛsəˈnəʊn/ (UK)
Etymology
From lesser + known.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not as well-known or widely known as others of the same kind.
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.
1954 March, “Notes and News: S.L.S. Tour of Tilbury Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 215: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]).
2025 October 29, Vitali Vitaliev, “Haunted by the past”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 68:It's those lesser-known boxers you gotta watch out for.
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(comparative, form-of, not-comparable) comparative form of little-known: more little-known
form of little-known