[Corpora-List] Lesser (sic) used languages

[Danilo Giampiccolo]

According to The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary online, "lesser"
can be used as an adverb, at least in such a phrase as "lesser-know", ex.
'We stayed on a lesser-known Greek island'.
(http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=99864&dict=CALD). The
same is stated in the Collins-COBUILD (...lesser known works of famous
artists). I'm no native English speaker, but I guess "lesser used" is
grammatically acceptable, even though it may sound unusual to native
speakers.

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Sent: giovedì 10 febbraio 2005 1.42
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Subject: [Corpora-List] Lesser (sic) used languages

Sorry for cross-posting, but I just saw an announcement for a conference on
"Lesser Used Languages & Computer Linguistics", which looks like an
interesting conference, but (the point of this posting), does anyone else
cringe when they see "lesser used"? Shouldn't it be "less used"?