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
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
White finished with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists, a team-high plus-minus of plus-21.
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Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
23 June 2026
Ned Davis Research strategist Ed Clissold pointed out that his firm's multicap advance/decline line, which gauges the number of stocks that rose in a day minus those that fell, last peaked on April 20.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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Noun
But Tom came in, offering a completely different personality with his own pluses, minuses and foibles.
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Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
White finished with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists, a team-high plus-minus of plus-21.
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Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Preposition
Though Morocco and Brazil both have four points, Brazil has a better goal differential (goals scored for the team minus goals scored against).
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
23 June 2026
Ned Davis Research strategist Ed Clissold pointed out that his firm's multicap advance/decline line, which gauges the number of stocks that rose in a day minus those that fell, last peaked on April 20.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minus
Noun
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Many of them are single mothers due to structural disadvantages.
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Importantly, the goal isn’t to put junior employees at a disadvantage.
Preposition
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When emergency responders arrived, Benning was found without a pulse, face down across a bed.
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Outside of Danny grinding on women without their consent, does his dancing really merit a preemptive warning?
Noun
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For more serious violations, such as parking in a handicap space or in front of a fire hydrant, drivers will receive a 15-minute text warning.
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The deal, of which Vance is increasingly the public face, is encountering a wall of opposition from skeptical conservatives who have blasted it as a loss for the United States — and a potential handicap for Vance’s political future.
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However, the positives have increasingly outweighed the negatives throughout 2026, to the point where, at the time of writing, the game has a 74% positive score for reviews written in the past 30 days (of which there have been 951).
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Rather than viewing that as a negative for the sector, investors saw it as another reason that companies will need to spend more on cybersecurity.
Noun
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But there are several downsides for players in preempting an MLB lockout by going on strike.
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But the dangerous downside, of course, is that people without licenses, especially children, could potentially do this and put themselves or others in a world of hurt.
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“Minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minus. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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