Minority means: The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness. Related words include majority or figure. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Minority in practice.

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Minority in a sentence

Minority meaning

  1. The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
  2. The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
  3. Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.

Synonyms of Minority

majority social group number figure nonage age eld legal status

Example sentences (20)

After securing enough votes in November, Hakeem Jeffries is now the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives.

And the manager says he will not allow a “minority” to tarnish his own affection for the wider United fanbase.

And that's fine with us because obviously it complicated a bit the total accounting for us with minority stake to report.

A top accountancy body is under fire for failing to appoint black and minority ethnic directors to its board.

But it would inevitably mean the end of the Jewish state, as Jews became a minority within the single state’s population.

And I think in the minority community just based on the history that I've learned, it's about voting rights.

Be that as it may, I was certainly a “minority” at Quaker, very liberal, visibly antiwar Swarthmore College.

Babbassa helps disadvantaged young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds into work, education and business.

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But by any measure, the disabled population is a large and significant American constituency, not a tiny, isolated minority.

And while those opinions are a minority in the face of widespread praise, this news likely won’t please any of the naysayers.

A source said, “Tambuwal is Atiku’s choice as the PDP Senate leader while Wike is also pushing for Jarigbe as minority leader.

A fortress state constantly vigilant against a minority of its own population living in continuous tension with its neighbours.

An opportunity to expose Smithtown children to a positive authority figure from a minority background.

But the concept of special rights for Indigenous peoples has ignited tensions among minority groups.

Are they hoping to make an offer to take out the minority shareholders or what is the -- what is sort of the plan as we go towards?

A small minority of Democrats have urged the Biden administration to toughen the reciprocity requirements before allowing Israel in.

All the Democrats folded like a cheap suit and voted in lockstep with the radical minority.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, was unanimously re-elected minority leader for the 2019.

Jeebus Saves: From the last paragraph, it sounds like a couple of minority kids using minority slang directed at each other.

A minority use finger millet flour to make alcohol (bacha alcohol is a good drink of the H'mong minority).

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Common combinations with minority

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "minority" in a sentence?
An example: "After securing enough votes in November, Hakeem Jeffries is now the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "minority" from real English texts.
What does "minority" mean?
Minority means: The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
What are synonyms of "minority"?
Common synonyms of "minority" include: majority, social group, number, figure, nonage, age, eld, legal status.
How many example sentences with "minority" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "minority", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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