as in disadvantages
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 minuses
What are the pluses and minuses of investing in points?
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Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Matt Baker says Florida coaches are out of excuses moving forward, Bruce Feldman breaks down the candidates to replace Napier and Chris Vannini has the pluses and minuses of the job.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
In their heart-to-heart about Hal’s pluses and minuses, Kate doesn’t obscure any facts about Hal or even tiptoe around his most infuriating qualities.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Of course, such high-tech innovations, providing the illusion of a social environment, have both pluses and minuses.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
There are always pluses and minuses to anything.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows.
—Jonathan Stempel, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
There are just too many pluses that far outweigh the minuses.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Matt Baker says Florida coaches are out of excuses moving forward, Bruce Feldman breaks down the candidates to replace Napier and Chris Vannini has the pluses and minuses of the job.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
In their heart-to-heart about Hal’s pluses and minuses, Kate doesn’t obscure any facts about Hal or even tiptoe around his most infuriating qualities.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Of course, such high-tech innovations, providing the illusion of a social environment, have both pluses and minuses.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
There are always pluses and minuses to anything.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows.
—Jonathan Stempel, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
There are just too many pluses that far outweigh the minuses.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuses
disadvantages
Noun
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Harvard gutted out the disadvantages, though, staving off wave after wave of Boston University pressure to eventually force overtime.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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There are advantages and disadvantages to each.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Minuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuses. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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