minor

A minor change, problem, injury, etc. is not very important.

Example: We still have to make a few minor changes, but it's mostly done.

A minor musical scale is a scale that starts two notes before the major scale. Music in a minor scale often sounds sad.

Example: That music could be A minor or C major.

A minor is a person who is younger than the legal age of adulthood.

Example: In Indiana, a person younger than 18 years old is considered a minor.

A minor is a person below a legal age of privilege, right or responsibility, such as the legal drinking age or legal age for sexual activity.

Example: The high school teacher was convicted of a crime for having sex with a minor.

A minor is a subject area that is not the main study of a student at a college or university, but is their second most important focus.

Example: I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.