minor sentence
Americannoun
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any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence.
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a sentence not having the usual subject-predicate structure, as Down with the dictator!
Example Sentences
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Until the same year, a husband could kill his wife if he believed she had committed adultery and receive only a minor sentence.
From The Guardian
More often it was ill-timed and artificial, a burst of irrational sound after a minor sentence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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