MINOR

(noun) a young person of either sex
"she writes books for children", "they're just kids", "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
synonyms : child , fry , kid , nestling , nipper , shaver , small fry , tiddler , tike , tyke , youngster
(adj.) inferior in number or size or amount
"a minor share of the profits", "Ursa Minor"
(adj.) lesser in scope or effect
"had minor differences", "a minor disturbance"
(adj.) not of legal age
"minor children"
synonyms : nonaged , underage
(adj.) of a scale or mode
"the minor keys", "in B flat minor"
(adj.) of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
(adj.) 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"
(adj.) of lesser seriousness or danger
"suffered only minor injuries", "some minor flooding", "a minor tropical disturbance"
(adj.) limited in size or scope
"a small business", "a newspaper with a modest circulation", "small-scale plans", "a pocket-size country"
synonyms : modest , pocket-size , pocket-sized , small , small-scale
(adj.) warranting only temporal punishment
"venial sin"
synonyms : venial
(adj.) of the younger of two boys with the same family name
"Jones minor"

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