diminished
Definition of diminished
of a musical interval
: made one half step less than perfect or minor a diminished fifth
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The middle school building was shuttered in 2010 when the district closed 21 schools because of diminished enrollment.
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Sir Vince Cable inherits a diminished party with only 12 of 650 lawmakers in the Commons.
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The version of Stanton that took the field last year looked diminished, weary, possibly from hit-by-pitch injuries to his face and hand in consecutive seasons.
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The Supreme Court has already said people with intellectual disabilities and juveniles may not be executed because of their diminished culpability.
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Is this a metaphor for the diminished authority of the American white male amid demographic shifts?
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Plummer shows us his resentment of his deeply diminished rank, how he is baffled, humbled and willing to bargain with the devilish Hitler to return to his family’s lost throne.
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Plummer shows us his resentment of his deeply diminished rank, how he is baffled, humbled and willing to bargain with the devilish Hitler to return to his family’s lost throne.
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A study released Friday by the University of Iowa that included four East Chicago schools concluded the presence of aging caulking and light fixtures may lead to diminished air quality inside the buildings.
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First Known Use of diminished
circa 1751
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