Less
Less
serves as a comparative degree of mikros, “little” (see LEAST), and denotes “less” in (a) quality, as of wine, Joh 2:10, “worse;” (b) age, Rom 9:12, “younger;” 1Ti 5:9, “under” (neuter, adverbially); (c) rank, Heb 7:7. See UNDER, WORSE, YOUNG.
the comparative of mikros, is translated “less” in Mat 13:32, RV (AV, “least”), and Mar 4:31. See LEAST.
“inferior,” is used in the neuter adverbially in 2Co 12:15, “the less.” See WORSE.