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diminishing

/dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/adjective

उच्चारण डिमिनिशिंग

घटता हुआ, क्षीण होता, कम होता

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adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun]

    becoming smaller, weaker or less important

    घटता हुआ, क्षीण होता, कम होता

    • diminishing water resources
    • the diminishing influence of the old party

    Synonyms decreasing declining dwindling shrinking waning

    Opposite increasing growing rising expanding

Idioms 1

the law of diminishing returns

(economics) the idea that after a certain point, adding more effort or money produces smaller and smaller increases in results

ह्रासमान प्रतिफल का नियम, घटते प्रतिफल का नियम

  • Studying for eighteen hours a day leads to diminishing returns.
  • Beyond this level, extra fertilizer gives diminishing returns.
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diminish verbdiminution noun