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[ adjective ] becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

Examples

"diminishing returns" "his diminishing respect for her"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Over the rapidly diminishing outline of a jump_seat piled high with luggage Herry 's black brushcut was just discernible , near , or enviably near that spot where - hidden - more delicately textured , most beautifully tinted hair must still be streaming back in cool , oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes .

Related terms

decreasing

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