[{"Bold_text": "preposition", "List Items": ["less by the subtraction of; decreased by:Ten minus six is four.", "lacking or without:a book minus its title page."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["involving or noting subtraction.", "algebraically negative:a minus quantity.", "less than; just below in quality:to get a C minus on a test.", "Informal.having negative qualities or characteristics; inferior.", "Mycology.(in heterothallic fungi) designating, in the absence of morphological differentiation, one of the two strains of mycelia that unite in the sexual process."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["minus sign minus sign.", "a minus quantity.", "a deficiency or loss.", "Informal.a person or thing with no apparent abilities, usefulness, etc.:The last applicant was a definite minus."]}]