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
The training room and training staff both received A-minuses.
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Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
This year, the Dallas Cowboys received a few A-minuses in several categories.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
There are a few pluses and minuses that may influence the barbecuers’s final purchase choice.
—New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
They more or less balance out, by the way, the pluses and minuses.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
There are pluses and minuses to electric sharpeners.
—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
Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
This year, the Dallas Cowboys received a few A-minuses in several categories.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
There are a few pluses and minuses that may influence the barbecuers’s final purchase choice.
—New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026
They more or less balance out, by the way, the pluses and minuses.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
There are pluses and minuses to electric sharpeners.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuses
disadvantages
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Hanjiro still thinks highly of them both, although each pupil faces disadvantages.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The war in Ukraine has only deepened Russia’s disadvantages.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Minuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuses. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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