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minor
relatively moderate, limited, or small
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adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small
“a small business”
adjective
inferior in number or size or amount
“a minor share of the profits”
adjective
lesser in scope or effect
“had minor differences”
adjective
not of legal age
“minor children”
adjective
(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
“the minor keys”
adjective
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
adjective
of lesser importance or stature or rank
“a minor poet”
adjective
of lesser seriousness or danger
“suffered only minor injuries”
adjective
warranting only temporal punishment
“venial sin”
adjective
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
“Jones minor”
noun
a young person of either sex
“she writes books for children”
verb
have as one's secondary field of study
“in college she minored in mathematics”
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a small business
a newspaper with a modest circulation
small-scale plans
a pocket-size country
a minor share of the profits
Ursa Minor
had minor differences
a minor disturbance
minor children
the minor keys
in B flat minor
a minor poet
had a minor part in the play
a minor official
many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
minor back roads
suffered only minor injuries
some minor flooding
a minor tropical disturbance
venial sin
Jones minor
she writes books for children
they're just kids
‘tiddler’ is a British term for youngster
in college she minored in mathematics
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