Adjective
1. of lesser importance or stature or rank;
"a minor poet""had a minor part in the play""a minor official""many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen""minor back roads"2. lesser in scope or effect;
"had minor differences""a minor disturbance"3. inferior in number or size or amount;
"a minor share of the profits""Ursa Minor"4. of a scale or mode;
"the minor keys""in B flat minor"5. not of legal age;
"minor children"6. of lesser seriousness or danger;
"suffered only minor injuries""some minor flooding""a minor tropical disturbance"7. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
8. of the younger of two boys with the same family name;
"Jones minor"9. warranting only temporal punishment;
"venial sin"10. limited in size or scope;
"a small business""a newspaper with a modest circulation""small-scale plans""a pocket-size country"