1. (a.) Less; smaller; inferior.

2. (adv.) Less.

abated ablated attenuated bated belittled common consumed contracted curtailed decreased deflated demeaning diminished dinky disadvantaged dissipated dropped eroded fallen humble in the shade inferior infra dig insignificant junior less low lower lowered lowly miniaturized minor modest nether ordinary reduced retrenched scaled-down second rank second string secondary servile shorn shorter shrunk shrunken small small-fry small-time smaller sub subaltern subjacent subject subordinate subservient third rank third string under underprivileged vulgar watered-down weakened worn