nonmajor
noun
non·ma·jor
ˌnän-ˈmā-jər 
plural nonmajors
: someone or something that is not a major: such as
a
: a student who is not majoring in the subject being studied
a history course for nonmajors
b
: a golf or tennis tournament that is not a major
Nearly 5 million viewers watched the final round of the Wyndham Championship two weeks ago, making it the network's best viewership in a nonmajor in more than three years.—
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
nonmajor
adjective
a nonmajor event
a nonmajor league
nonmajor projects
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If Johnson and Matsuyama retreat Sunday, this could become the first nonmajor since the 1981 AT&T to have a winner with an over-par score.
—Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
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Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
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“Nonmajor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonmajor. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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