Definition of Minority

the smaller percentage of the whole

Examples of Minority in a sentence

As they looked around the room full of red-clad Republicans, the Democrats knew they were in the minority and their hopes of stopping the bill were destroyed.  🔊

Briana hated birthday parties because she belonged to the minority that loathed chocolate cake and all of her friends loved it.  🔊

When the Bolsheviks realized that the wealthy ruling class was actually the minority, they gathered thousands of angry lower class rebels and started a revolution.  🔊

While most of her friends yearned to go to prom, she was among the minority who despised school dances.  🔊

The bride offered an abundance of alcoholic beverage choices because those who abstained from drinking were in the minority.  🔊

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