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lesser amount of(expression, quantity, amount, reduction)
8
paltry(adjective, characteristic, slight, lower, short)
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petty(adjective, characteristic, smallness, insignificance)
8
reduced amount of(expression, quantity, amount, reduction)
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shorter(adjective, lower, inferior, short, limited)
8
smaller amount of(expression, quantity, amount, reduction)
8
trifling(adjective, characteristic, smallness, insignificance)
7
barely(adverb, amount, little, extent, inferiority)
7
but for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, preposition, amount)
7
deficient(adjective, inferior, amount, size, inferiority)
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depressed(adjective, inferior, amount, size, inferiority)
7
excepting(adjective, inferior, amount, size, inferiority)
7
lacking(adjective, inferior, amount, size, inferiority)
7
negative(adjective, inferior, amount, size, inferiority)
7
restricted(adjective, characteristic, lower, short, smallness)
7
sans(preposition, amount, extent, smallness)
6
least(adjective, adverb, amount, extent, inferiority)
6
bounded(adjective, characteristic, smallness, insignificance)
6
confined(adjective, characteristic, smallness, insignificance)
6
finite(adjective, characteristic, smallness, insignificance)
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