Associations to the word «Diminishing»

DIMINISHING, adjective. Becoming smaller

DIMINISHING, verb. Present participle of diminish

DIMINISHING, noun. A diminishment.

DIMINISHING RETURNS, noun. (idiomatic) A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.

DIMINISHING, adjective. Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her".