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
Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Davis said Crutchfield’s favorite statistic is plus/minus, which tracks a team’s points scored and points allowed during an individual player’s time on the court.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
Want a dose of local polo minus the sunshine and horses?
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Yet the Bucks have been minus-16, minus-24, plus-23, minus-12, minus-eight and plus-17 in those six games.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Davis said Crutchfield’s favorite statistic is plus/minus, which tracks a team’s points scored and points allowed during an individual player’s time on the court.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Preposition
Ablon also offered to purchase all of AT&T’s real estate holdings in downtown minus the Whitacre Tower property, which is owned by Pacific Elm Properties and Dundon Capital Partners.
—Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
Want a dose of local polo minus the sunshine and horses?
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minus
Noun
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If society is looking to keep the underserved at a disadvantage relative to their peers, forcing them to attend failing schools is a good way to go about it.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2026
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Charlie makes an excellent point about what the disadvantage might be.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Preposition
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which includes roughly 100 House Democrats, has formally opposed a reauthorization without changes to the program, marking its strongest stance yet against Section 702 and complicating the path forward for GOP leadership, according to the Hill.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Travel disruptions deepened Tuesday as senators raced to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department, including airport workers going without pay, but excluding immigration operations that have been core to the dispute.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Moscow relies heavily on oil revenue to finance its war on Ukraine, and sanctions were a growing handicap.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Moscow relies heavily on oil revenue to finance its invasion and sanctions were a growing handicap.—
SYLVIE CORBET,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The collection includes not only new scans from the original camera negatives but also several hours of interviews and visual essays that provide essential context for these movies, both within Italian genre cinema and Margheriti’s filmography.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hyland and fellow reserve Naz Reid both were plus-26 in the win, while three of Minnesota’s starters finished in the negatives.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There is a definite downside, though.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The downside is what happens when those bets don’t pay off fast enough.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minus. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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