beside the point vs lesser

beside the point

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

lesser

noun
  • a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc. 

adj
  • Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc. 

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