minus
noun
1 minus
An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated:
— Four minus three equals one.
synonym: subtraction.
Dutch: aftrekking, aftrekken
Polish: odejmowanie
adjective
1 minus
On the negative side or lower end of a scale.
Roget 304: unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory etc. (neglect) 460.
Roget 808: not paying, non-paying, non-performing; in debt etc. 806; behindhand, in arrear†, behind in payments, in arrears; beggared etc. (poor) 804; ... show more
Roget 776: losing etc. v.; not having etc. 777.1. shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; ... show more
Roget 34: inferior, smaller; small etc. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate ... show more
Roget 806: indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt; ... show more
2 minus
Involving disadvantage or harm:
— Minus (or negative) factors.
synonym: negative.
adverb
Roget 187: without, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there; in default of; sans; behind one's back.
Roget 38: in deduction etc. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, ... show more
Moby thesaurus: barring, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, decrement, deduction, deficient, denuded, deprived of, devoid, discounting, divested, except, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, existless, from ... show more.
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