'minor' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'minor' with 20 example sentences.
- minor adjective
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: of the younger of two boys with the same family name
: warranting only temporal punishment
: relatively moderate, limited, or small
: of lesser importance or stature or rank
: lesser in scope or effect
: inferior in number or size or amount
: (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
: not of legal age
: of lesser seriousness or danger
: of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
- minor noun
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: a young person of either sex
- minor verb
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: have as one's secondary field of study
One police officer suffered minor injuries.
It's a minor problem.
I had a minor issue with my computer.
It's only a minor setback.
He played a minor part in the play.
The law prohibits minors from smoking.
Because you're a minor, you can't enter.
Sometimes even minor errors can lead to serious accidents.
Land occupies the minor portion of the earth's surface.
That's a minor detail.
In time, all these minor problems will be resolved.
Minors are drinking alcohol inside this bar.
We had a minor disagreement.
Apart from a few minor mistakes, your composition was excellent.
He always troubles himself about minor things.
The differences were minor, so I ignored them.
He is nothing but a minor artist.
It's a minor glitch.
Is this song in A minor or in C major?
I'm still a minor.