diminished

adjective di·min·ished

Definition of diminished

of a musical interval

: made one half step less than perfect or minor a diminished fifth

Recent Examples of diminished from the Web

This would further erode the already vastly diminished power of bookstores, the embodiment of all that is green and good in this whole business of making and selling books.

— alex shephard, New Republic, "The Amazon Bookstore Isn’t Evil. It’s Just Dumb.", 30 May 2017
Livingston has unselfishly dealt with a diminished role, a rotation change late in the season that altered when he’s used, and then a hand injury in the first round of the playoffs.

— janie mccauley, The Seattle Times, "Like Shaun Livingston, JaVale McGee perfect fit on Warriors", 29 May 2017
At a spartan six pages, the summit’s final statement was less than a third the length of last year’s, reflecting the diminished common ground with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K.

— marc champion, Bloomberg.com, "Trump Made This G-7 a Lot Different Than the Last", 27 May 2017
Boslough fears that little science will end up the loser, with Big Science getting the lion's share of the diminished spoils.

— richard rapaport, WIRED, "The Playground of Big Science", 1 Oct. 1995

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