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  1. diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakenedadjective

    impaired by diminution

    Synonyms:
    wasted, hurt, small, lessened, debased, belittled, faded, attenuate, cut, vitiated, weakened, thinned, atrophied, corrupted, attenuated

    Antonyms:
    increased, unimpaired

  2. atrophied, wasted, diminishedadjective

    (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

    "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

    Synonyms:
    pinched, senseless, otiose, atrophied, gaunt, squandered, purposeless, lessened, superfluous, skeletal, emaciated, vitiated, haggard, belittled, cadaverous, weakened, small, wasted, bony, pointless

    Antonyms:
    unimpaired, increased

  3. diminishedadjective

    (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

    "a diminished fifth"

    Synonyms:
    belittled, wasted, weakened, vitiated, atrophied, small, lessened

    Antonyms:
    unimpaired, increased

  4. belittled, diminished, smalladjective

    made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

    "her comments made me feel small"

    Synonyms:
    wasted, atrophied, lowly, humble, lessened, modest, small(a), minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, belittled, weakened, small, pocket-size, vitiated, little, small-scale, low

    Antonyms:
    unimpaired, increased

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  1. involve oneself deeply

    in a particular activity

    Submitted by anonymous on July 12, 2020  

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How to use diminished in a sentence?

  1. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

    The threat to our nation and our American way of life has not diminished, in fact, the threat has metastasized and decentralized, and the risk is as threatening today as it was that September morning almost 16 years ago.

  2. Sean Newman:

    All the woes that were plaguing EM are somewhat diminished, you could call it the JOC principle - Fed Chairman Janet Yellen, Oil and China.

  3. Bertrand Russell:

    One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.

  4. Sara Oliver:

    Diminished access could undermine confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine program, lack of vaccine choices could contribute to mistrust and misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines available.

  5. Rouba Mhaissen:

    The misery is increasing in the camps, because the aid is decreasing, even though the war has diminished in intensity, still the refugees can't go back because they have other concerns.


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