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minuses

minus \mi"nus\ (m[imac]"n[u^]s), n.; pl. minuses (m[imac]"n[u^]s*[-e]z). A factor counted as a disadvantage; a loss or potential loss in a situation or plan; as, he added up all the pluses and minuses and decided not to do it; as, the lack of money is a big minus in an election campaign.

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minuses

n. (plural of minus English)

Usage examples of "minuses".

After all, one can't allow one's best friends to wait around as miserable Minuses for eighty-seven years .

Then you could turn the Minuses quickly back into Pluses and bring them home again.

Then, instead of abdicating and turning the pluses and minuses over to someone else, you stick someone else with doing the job in your name and sneak out a back door.

I've seen the professor work lots of sums on the blackboard, and he claimed anything could be done with x's and y's and a's, and such things, by mixing them up with plenty of plusses and minuses and equals, and so forth.

I’ve seen the professor work lots of sums on the blackboard, and he claimed anything could be done with x’s and y’s and a’s, and such things, by mixing them up with plenty of plusses and minuses and equals, and so forth.