Examples of 'lesser evil' in a sentence
Meaning of "lesser evil"
lesser evil - implies a situation where a choice or option is considered to be less harmful, unfavorable, or damaging compared to another available alternative. This phrase is often used in decision-making processes, ethical dilemmas, or moral judgments to describe the selection of a seemingly less detrimental course of action
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- Given two bad choices, the one that is less objectionable.
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The logic of the lesser evil is clear.
Lesser evil is still evil as they say.
Schism becomes a lesser evil compared to heresy.
A lesser evil compared with poisonous mushrooms.
The scheme is simply the lesser evil.
Lesser evil stops greater evil.
In these elections vote the lesser evil.
Choosing the lesser evil is politics.
You have to choose the lesser evil.
To him the lesser evil is to die with her.
They say choose the lesser evil.
Tolerate a lesser evil in order to avoid a greater evil to promote.
We can advocate for the lesser evil.
Vote for the lesser evil if you want.
It sounds like choosing the lesser evil.
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Accepting collaboration as a lesser evil does not make it a mortal sin.
Sometimes one must choose the lesser evil.
You can not cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.
But eliminating these women was the lesser evil.
War is a lesser evil at best.
I regard invasion as the lesser evil.
The lesser evil argument is deliberately used to muddy the waters.
That will be the lesser evil.
This improvement is a lesser evil that must not cause us to forget the basic question.
It was the choice of the lesser evil for you.
To be a lesser evil in comparison with Kyiv government.
You do not believe in destiny or the lesser evil.
Death would have been a lesser evil for you than to have known him.
Releasing him was the lesser evil.
The Lesser Evil argument has never been weaker than it is now.
But they are the lesser evil.
Is there a lesser evil between these two?
So you do need to choose a lesser evil.
Support the lesser evil in Saudi Arabia.
Communists do not fight for the lesser evil.
Quantitative - when a lesser evil prevents a greater one.
People are tired of voting for the lesser evil.
He argued that it was a lesser evil than the Case bill.
Class collaboration was always presented as the lesser evil.
May be the lesser evil.
And we are gonna partner with people who are the lesser evil.
This is a lesser evil.
The current system of milk quotas is the lesser evil.
This therefore made Bolshevism become the lesser evil or even a strong ally against the Whites.
Politics are all about picking the lesser evil.
Absolutely ; but because the lesser evil is itself thought to be in a.
Brexit and the principle of the lesser evil.
Yes, voting for a lesser evil is still voting for evil.
Hillary is not the lesser evil.
Is it the lesser evil for the western media to hide that?
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