adj.
1.moderate to inferior in quality
2.deserving or inciting pity
3.having little money or few possessions
4.characterized by or indicating lack of money
5.low in degree
6.badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances
7.not sufficient to meet a need
8.unsatisfactory
9.yielding little by great labor
Idiom of the Day
lesser (of the two)
the smaller one of the two
We chose the lesser of the two cars when we went to the car rental agency.