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Adjective: minor mInu(r)- Of lesser importance or stature or rank
"a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" - Lesser in scope or effect
"had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" - Inferior in number or size or amount
"a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" - Of a scale or mode
"the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" - Not of legal age
"minor children" - nonaged, underage - Of lesser seriousness or danger
"suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" - Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- [Brit] Of the younger of two boys with the same family name
"Jones minor" - Warranting only temporal punishment
- venial - Limited in size or scope
- modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized Noun: minor mInu(r)- A young person of either sex
- child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler [Brit], tike, tyke, fry, nestling, wean [UK, Ireland]
Sounds like: miner, mynah Derived forms: minors See also: insignificant, junior, limited, minority, pardonable, peanut, secondary Type of: juvenile, juvenile person Antonym: major Encyclopedia: Minor Minor, AL Minor, Alabama |