The meaning of MINOR is inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant. How to use minor in a sentence.

1. lesser or secondary in amount, extent, importance, or degree: a minor poet; minor burns.

MINOR definition: 1. having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of…. Learn more.

Definition of minor adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [usually before noun] not very large, important or serious. The new plan involves widening a minor road through the valley. …

You use minor to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain, people are minors until …

lesser, as in size, extent, or rank: a minor role. under full legal age. Education of or relating to a student's academic minor: minor subjects. Music and Dance (in music) based on a scale in which the third …

When used to describe a person, "minor" can refer to someone who is under the legal age of adulthood. In this context, it implies a level of immaturity, dependence, or limited legal rights.

An academic minor is a secondary area of study of an undergraduate college or university student, in addition to their "major". The institution lays out a framework of required classes or class types a …

MINOR meaning: 1. not important or serious: 2. in music, belonging to a key (= set of musical notes) that often…. Learn more.

(Definition of minor from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)