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Minus

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harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
disadvantageousNot advantageous.
subtractionnoun(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
negativenounNot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

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plusnounA positive quantity.

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WordDefinition
subtractionnoun(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
negativenounNot positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
disadvantageousNot advantageous.
harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
sans(typography) Ellipsis of sans serif. [(typography) Of a typeface, without serifs.]
minnoun(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
leastnounIn the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
unarynoun(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.
necnoun(US) Initialism of National Electrical Code.
morenounTo a greater degree or extent.
withoutLacking something; failing.
agenoun(countable) The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
reductionnounThe act, process, or result of reducing.
belownounIn or to a lower place.
undernounIn or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
quonounPaired with quid, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something given in exchange for something else.
exceptverb(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
minimumnounThe smallest amount.
reducedMade smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
lowerverbBottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

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