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diminished

adjective

  1. make smaller
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/

adj

  1. lessened, reduced

    The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.

    Another well-known express to disappear on the same date was the Blue Comet of the Central of New Jersey, an all-coach luxury express which operated between New York and Atlantic City; in this case the reason is diminished patronage.

  2. made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable

    She felt diminished by the report card.

  3. reduced by a semitone

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of diminish