subminimum

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adjective

Below the normal minimum

OriginEnglish minimum ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

adjectivesubminimum (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBelow the normal minimum

    Over the years Simon has voted for some conservative clinkers--for example, […] a subminimum wage for teenagers.

    1988 February 5, David Moberg, “Jackson and Simon in Iowa”, in Chicago Reader
nounsubminimum (plural subminimums or subminima)

plural subminimums · plural subminima

  1. mathematicsA point or value below a minimum.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishminimum
  5. Englishsubminimum

From sub- + minimum.

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Cite this entry
APA

subminimum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminimum

MLA

“subminimum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminimum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subminimum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subminimum.

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