non-major
adjective
(alsononmajor)uk/ˌnɒnˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˌnɑːnˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/not among thebiggest, mostimportant, or mostseriousofitstype:
What is therisklevelof nonmajorsurgeryinhealthypeopleagedover 60?
non-majorbanks/airlines
mainlyUS
A non-majorstudentis one who is not taking aparticularsubjectastheirmainsubjectofstudy:
Non-majorstudentstakeEnglishmodulesas acompulsoryrequirement.
- How can non-majorpowersattempttoinfluencethemajorworldpowers?
- Thevotefor the non-majorpartiesactuallywent down in the lastelection.
Of little or less importance
- be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
- be neither here nor thereidiom
- be no big dealidiom
- biggie
- derisory
- lowly
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- meaninglessness
- mere
- merely
- peripheral
- petty
- piffling
- play second fiddleidiom
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- secondarily
- subordinate
- valueless
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Subjects & disciplines
non-major
noun[C]
(alsononmajor)uk/ˌnɒnˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˌnɑːnˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/non-majornoun[C](STUDENT)
mainlyUS
astudentwhotakesaclassin asubjectthat is nottheirmainareaofstudy:
Iteachnon-majors aclassin Environmental Biology.
aphysicstextbookfor nonmajors
- The professor'sarthistoryclassispopularwith non-majors who mustearncreditsin thehumanities.
Subjects & disciplines
- Afrocentrism
- andragogy
- AP
- applicative
- applied
- functional skills
- glaciology
- hard science
- historiography
- home economics
- ontology
- oology
- orientalist
- PE
- pedagogy
- subscience
- suicidology
- technical
- technically
- TEFL
non-majornoun[C](COMPETITION)
asportscompetition,especiallyingolfortennis, that is not among thoseconsideredthe mostimportantor at thehighestlevel:
Hewonthree nonmajors butfellshortofqualifyingfor the US Open.
- Thetennistournamentisconsideredone of the sport's mostprestigiousnon-majors.
Competitions, & parts of competitions
- a nip and tuckidiom
- be a game of two halvesidiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- competition
- contest
- debate
- head-to-head
- peloton
- postgame
- postseason
- pre-meeting
- premiership
- preseason
- quiz
- spelling bee
- the Champions League
- the Premier League
- under starter's ordersidiom