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[ US /ˈmaɪnɝ/ ]
[ UK /mˈa‍ɪnɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. relatively moderate, limited, or small
    a small business
    a pocket-size country
    small-scale plans
    a newspaper with a modest circulation
  2. inferior in number or size or amount
    a minor share of the profits
    Ursa Minor
  3. of lesser seriousness or danger
    some minor flooding
    suffered only minor injuries
    a minor tropical disturbance
  4. of lesser importance or stature or rank
    minor back roads
    many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
    a minor poet
    had a minor part in the play
    a minor official
  5. warranting only temporal punishment
    venial sin
  6. not of legal age
    minor children
  7. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
    in B flat minor
    the minor keys
  8. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
    Jones minor
  9. lesser in scope or effect
    a minor disturbance
    had minor differences
  10. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
NOUN
  1. a young person of either sex
    they're just kids
    she writes books for children
    `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
VERB
  1. have as one's secondary field of study
    in collee she minored in mathematics

How To Use minor In A Sentence

  • Statutory rape laws were first enacted to protect minors from older predators.
  • Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
  • The birth of her son was a minor interruption to her career.
  • I only played three carefully considered notes with intuitive regard to choice of rhythm, tempo, dynamics - using a poignant interval, the minor sixth resolving to the perfect fifth.
  • She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
  • Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
  • A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
  • The attitude toward immigrants and racial minorities in this country is disgusting.
  • Police arrested 13 people, and some students were treated for minor injuries at the scene in northeast El Paso.
  • Some may insist you sleep on mats on hard floors to straighten out the spine, but they are in a minority.
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