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minor

adjectivenounverb /maɪnər/ 2 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 7 WWF 9
Definitions
adjective

not of legal age

“minor children”

lesser in scope or effect

“had minor differences”

of lesser seriousness or danger

“suffered only minor injuries”

of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

adjective

relatively moderate, limited, or small

noun

a young person of either sex

adjective

warranting only temporal punishment

verb

have as one's secondary field of study

“in collee she minored in mathematics”

adjective

inferior in number or size or amount

“a minor share of the profits”

adjective

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 lesser importance or stature or rank

“a minor poet”

adjective

of the younger of two boys with the same family name

“Jones minor”

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