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
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Brunson finished the game minus-nine, while the Knicks outscored the Spurs by five in Jose Alvarado’s nine minutes on the floor.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
In real life, Palermo is all that minus the dark mystery.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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Noun
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
Brunson finished the game minus-nine, while the Knicks outscored the Spurs by five in Jose Alvarado’s nine minutes on the floor.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
Preposition
The standard platform is rated IP66 against dust and water intrusion, functions in temperatures from minus 20 to 55 degrees Celsius, carries payloads exceeding 8 kilograms, and can automatically locate and travel to a charging station when battery levels become low.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
In real life, Palermo is all that minus the dark mystery.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minus
Noun
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Many professionals and students have moved abroad in search of opportunities, putting Venezuela at a dire disadvantage with its disaster response.
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Every quarter a brand delays is a quarter of compounding disadvantage.
Preposition
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Gonzalez Gurrola remains in custody without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail.
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The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
Noun
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The handicap is determined by a volunteer gathering data in the air and a committee that calculates the maximum airspeed of each craft.
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Essentially, my handicap is that Journalism can draft Knightsbridge around the course and outkick the rest of the field on the closing stretch.
Noun
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These kinds of old negatives are often stored inside cans and are so fragile they can’t be unrolled without destroying them, Seales says.
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For investors, competition should not automatically be viewed as a negative.
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One potential downside of RV travel is that mechanical issues can pop up unexpectedly, like with any vehicle.
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Public, concessional or catalytic capital absorbs part of the downside, improving the risk-return equation for private investors and helping unlock investment that otherwise would not happen.
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“Minus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minus. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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