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diminishing returns


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diminish
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Sense: Verb: grow less
Synonyms:
grow less, decrease Collocations, shrink Collocations, wane Collocations, abate Collocations, decline Collocations, become fewer, lessen, fade Collocations, fade away, grow smaller, disappear Collocations, corrode, erode, drop off, let up, fall Collocations, fall away, fall off, be on its way out (slang), be eaten away, be consumed, go down, wither Collocations, waste away, taper off, taper Collocations, thin out, peter out (informal), slacken, flag Collocations, sink Collocations, plummet Collocations, sag Collocations, wilt, shrivel
Sense: Verb: make less
Synonyms:
make sth less, decrease Collocations, reduce Collocations, lessen, depreciate, shrink Collocations, erode, eat away, wear away, constrain Collocations, constrict, cut back, cut down, curb Collocations, minimize, minimise (UK), trivialize, trivialise (UK), stifle Collocations, restrain Collocations, limit Collocations, slow down


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