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
There are pluses and minuses to electric sharpeners.
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Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
The Bone Temple is part satisfying triumph, part missed opportunity, and its pluses and minuses bump against one another in jangly discord.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Often, the pluses and minuses are different sides of the same coin.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2025
What are the pluses and minuses of investing in points?
—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
Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
The Bone Temple is part satisfying triumph, part missed opportunity, and its pluses and minuses bump against one another in jangly discord.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Often, the pluses and minuses are different sides of the same coin.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2025
What are the pluses and minuses of investing in points?
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuses
disadvantages
Noun
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And yet, such disadvantages might have been overcome, especially in urban settings, had there been the vision and will among America’s industrialists.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bedpan cons That being said, there are a few disadvantages to using bedpans.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Minuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuses. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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