<p><strong>Preposition:</strong></p><ul><li>less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.</li><li>lacking or without: a book minus its title page.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>involving or noting subtraction.</li><li>algebraically negative: a minus quantity.</li><li>less than; just below in quality: to get a C minus on a test.</li><li>Informal: having negative qualities or characteristics; inferior.</li><li>Mycology: (in heterothallic fungi) designating, in the absence of morphological differentiation, one of the two strains of mycelia that unite in the sexual process.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>minus sign.</li><li>a minus quantity.</li><li>a deficiency or loss.</li><li>Informal: a person or thing with no apparent abilities, usefulness, etc.: The last applicant was a definite minus.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>