minor

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Editorial note

I have two minor quibbles with the design, but they are minor.

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Quick take

a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of minor gathered in one view.

noun

a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

adjective

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"

adjective

lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for minor.

noun

a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

adjective

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"

adjective

lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"

adjective

inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"

adjective

of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"

adjective

not of legal age; "minor children"

adjective

of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"

adjective

of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

adjective

of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

adjective

warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

adjective

limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

Example sentences

I have two minor quibbles with the design, but they are minor.

" We work at a minor airbase in the middle of nowhere... oh.

Remove a long-existing feature without telling anyone, hidden in a minor update2.

Because I'll have some minor extension of my abilities within a double-walled garden?Aim higher.

The growth of mobile made MS just another minority OS underneath the Web, and they lost their ability to disrupt the standardization of the Web platform.

Either our belief in the safety of our car is correct and this is a minor cost or we are wrong, in which case the right thing is for Tesla to bear the cost rather than the car buyer.

It includes charging activists with laws intended for violent terrorists, so that arrest is no longer a minor inconvenience, but a life-altering event.

The same goes for most of the political changes we associate with modernity and progress - with the notable exception of Bevan and his peers, the people turning the wheels were mainly minor aristocrats in dusty tweed.

Police interactions with the public cannot be private, with the only exception being undercover police work or other times when the identity of the other person must be protected as in the case of a minor.

You'll have a minor hit in billing efficiency while learning how to do this, but then be able to start selling days/weeks at a time of availability at actual professional rates rather than competing with people charging $10 to $20 an hour.