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Diminished

of Diminish

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Similar meaning 6

Decreased 84% connected

of Decrease

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Decreased 84% connected

of Decrease

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Impaired 84% connected

of Impair

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Impaired 84% connected

of Impair

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Reduced 84% connected

of Reduce

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Reduced 84% connected

of Reduce

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Synonym 7

Atrophied 92% connected

Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Belittled 92% connected

of Belittle

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lessened 92% connected

of Lessen

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Small 92% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vitiated 92% connected

of Vitiate

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wasted 92% connected

of Waste

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Weakened 92% connected

of Weaken

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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