minor

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(a) 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"
(a) lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
(a) inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
(a) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
(a) not of legal age; "minor children"
(a) of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
(a) of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
(n) a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"
(s) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"
(s) limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

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