minor

minor
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noun
Minor is used after these nouns: ↑undergraduate
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adj.
VERBS
be, seem
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

This is a very minor operation and there is very little risk involved.

comparatively, relatively

That's a relatively minor matter—we can leave it till later.

apparently, seemingly
Minor is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑adjustment, ↑ailment, ↑alteration, ↑amendment, ↑annoyance, ↑blemish, ↑breach, ↑bruise, ↑bug, ↑bump, ↑burn, ↑catastrophe, ↑celebrity, ↑change, ↑character, ↑chord, ↑classic, ↑complaint, ↑complication, ↑component, ↑composer, ↑concession, ↑concussion, ↑consideration, ↑contribution, ↑correction, ↑crime, ↑criticism, ↑cut, ↑damage, ↑defect, ↑deity, ↑depression, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑disagreement, ↑disappointment, ↑discomfort, ↑discrepancy, ↑dispute, ↑distraction, ↑disturbance, ↑diversion, ↑drawback, ↑earthquake, ↑error, ↑eruption, ↑exception, ↑explosion, ↑fault, ↑flaw, ↑fluctuation, ↑graze, ↑heart attack, ↑hiccup, ↑illness, ↑imperfection, ↑importance, ↑improvement, ↑incident, ↑inconvenience, ↑indiscretion, ↑infection, ↑infringement, ↑injury, ↑irregularity, ↑irritation, ↑issue, ↑key, ↑knock, ↑lapse, ↑league, ↑leak, ↑masterpiece, ↑miracle, ↑mishap, ↑modification, ↑mystery, ↑nuisance, ↑offence, ↑office, ↑official, ↑operation, ↑panic, ↑part, ↑poet, ↑point, ↑problem, ↑rebellion, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑repair, ↑reservation, ↑revision, ↑revolution, ↑road, ↑role, ↑royalty, ↑scale, ↑scratch, ↑scuffle, ↑setback, ↑shortcoming, ↑side effect, ↑significance, ↑skirmish, ↑snag, ↑sport, ↑squabble, ↑stroke, ↑surgery, ↑symptom, ↑technicality, ↑tremor, ↑triumph, ↑upset, ↑vandalism, ↑variation, ↑violation, ↑wound

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