as in disadvantage
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
a plan with lots of pluses and only a few minuses
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Recent Examples of minus
Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
They’re all considered effective, but each has its pluses and minuses.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Note that net assets refer to assets minus liabilities, otherwise known as the book value of equity, or the denominator in the market to book ratio.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Noun
West took the king and led another trump, and South was headed for a minus.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
They’re all considered effective, but each has its pluses and minuses.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
Preposition
Without wind chill factored in, low temperatures in the state capital this weekend will be minus 10 degrees.
—Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Note that net assets refer to assets minus liabilities, otherwise known as the book value of equity, or the denominator in the market to book ratio.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minus
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For several decades, solo cruise travelers found themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to couples and families.David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dolphins will be at a rest disadvantage the rest of the way Miami will play the Texans coming off a bye, meaning Houston will have a full seven-day rest advantage.Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Even without absorbing the northern neighbor into the U.S. or getting his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records overturned, Trump should have little trouble entering Canada.Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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In the filing, Adinolfi pointed out that life sentences without parole are considered cruel and unusual punishment in most countries.John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).Emily Barone, Time, 19 July 2017
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LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.Brent Cooper, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017
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While snaps from Day’s time on set quickly became sacred to virtually anyone with a Tumblr account in 2011, Coppola only recently discovered a box filled with the entirety of Day’s negatives—many of them never before seen—while digging through her storage units for Archive.Keaton Bell, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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State of play: The metal plates are like film negatives, mainly from the 1960s, before digital printing was introduced.Jason Clayworth, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
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The downside currently is that the scenes aren’t likely to line up in a suitable alignment.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This new incarnation, Sue, played by Margaret Qualley, is ferociously ambitious and immediately turns on her host, taking Elizabeth’s old job and soon discovering the downside of going against nature.Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minus. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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