Associations to the word «Diminishing»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King