Lesser
Lesser adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Side
Side adjective - Of, relating to, or located on one side.
Lesser and side are semantically related in subordinate topic. Sometimes you can use "Lesser" instead an adjective "Side", if it concerns topics such as minor.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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But while they do plenty of mercenary work they usually manage to end up on the right side (or lesser evil side) of a conflict.
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Followers believe in a single God (with a side-set of lesser pagan gods, worshiped similarly to Saints) described in a holy text called the Tusk, vaguely analogous to the Torah.
Source: Crystal Dragon Jesus -
As a side-effect, he also becomes mindlessly destructive and spawns innumerable lesser abominations to kill and eat everything in their path.
Source: Eldritch Abomination / Anime
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