| reduction | | |
| n. (act) | 1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| ~ change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something. |
| ~ cut | the act of reducing the amount or number.; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" |
| ~ mitigation, moderation | the action of lessening in severity or intensity.; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" |
| ~ lowering | the act of causing to become less. |
| ~ cutback | a reduction in quantity or rate. |
| ~ devaluation | the reduction of something's value or worth. |
| ~ devitalisation, devitalization | the act of reducing the vitality of something. |
| ~ mitigation, extenuation, palliation | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. |
| ~ alleviation, easement, easing, relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).; "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
| ~ de-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war). |
| ~ minimisation, minimization | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position. |
| ~ depletion | the act of decreasing something markedly. |
| ~ shortening | act of decreasing in length.; "the dress needs shortening" |
| ~ shrinking | the act of becoming less. |
| ~ subtraction, deduction | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).; "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" |
| ~ deflation | the act of letting the air out of something. |
| ~ discount, price reduction, deduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| ~ rollback | reducing prices back to some earlier level. |
| ~ weakening | the act of reducing the strength of something. |
| ~ depreciation | a decrease in price or value.; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" |
| ~ contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. |
| ~ reverse split, reverse stock split, split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity. |
| ~ amortisation, amortization | the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years. |
| ~ declassification | reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon. |
| ~ tax shelter, shelter | a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings. |
| ~ tax credit | a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket). |
| n. (process) | 2. reducing, reduction | any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. |
| ~ chemical reaction, reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others.; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" |
| n. (act) | 3. reduction, simplification | the act of reducing complexity. |
| ~ change | the action of changing something.; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
| ~ schematisation, schematization | the act of reducing to a scheme or formula. |
| devoid | | |
| adj. | 1. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking.; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" |
| ~ nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality.; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
| insufficient | | |
| adj. | 1. deficient, insufficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| ~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | deficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| ~ depleted, low | no longer sufficient.; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted" |
| ~ inadequate, short, poor | not sufficient to meet a need.; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" |
| ~ skimpy, lean | containing little excess.; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" |
| ~ scant, short, light | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" |
| ~ shy | short.; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" |
| less | | |
| adj. | 1. less | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| ~ comparative, comparative degree | the comparative form of an adjective or adverb.; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" |
| ~ slight, little | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work" |
| adj. | 2. less | (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality.; "no less than perfect" |
| ~ inferior | of low or inferior quality. |
| adj. | 3. less | (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer.; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less" |
| ~ fewer | (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late" |
| adv. | 4. less, to a lesser extent | used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" |
| adv. | 5. less | comparative of little.; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days" |
| meager | | |
| adj. | 1. meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | deficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| ~ scarce | deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" |
| ~ scanty, bare, spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity.; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" |
| ~ exiguous | extremely scanty.; "an exiguous budget" |
| ~ hand-to-mouth | providing only bare essentials.; "a hand-to-mouth existence" |
| ~ hardscrabble | barely satisfying a lower standard.; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life" |
| ~ measly, paltry, miserable | contemptibly small in amount.; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" |
| ~ minimal, minimum | the least possible.; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" |
| ~ insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| scanty | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pantie, panty, scanty, step-in | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural). |
| ~ underpants | an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| adj. | 2. bare, scanty, spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity.; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" |
| ~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | deficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| sketchy | | |
| adj. | 1. sketchy, unelaborated | giving only major points; lacking completeness.; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy" |
| ~ incomplete, uncomplete | not complete or total; not completed.; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" |
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