A ten-minute-old baby is one that was born ten minutes ago. I suppose a ten-minute-old minibus could be one that rolled off the assembly line ten minutes ago. It has nothing to do with the timing of its route.
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Anonymous1- The ten- minute old minibus is over there. I mean by" ten - minute" the bus that comes every 10 minutes.Is it correct?No. The only kinds of nouns that can take that kind of adjective are nouns that represent events that take a certain length of time to complete.
AnonymousIs this sentence correct?The every- ten- minute old minibus. Where does " old " have to be placed after " every- ten- minute" or before.It's not correct. The word "old" does not belong there.