diminished
diminuído
definition
verb
a tax whose purpose is to diminish spending
make or become less.
adjective
a diminished role for local government
made smaller or less.
a diminished fifth
denoting or containing an interval that is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval.
translation of 'diminished'
adjective
reduzido,
diminuído
example
The malnourished suffer from impaired health, reduced physical strength, 'diminished' mental alertness, and high rates of infant mortality.
On the other is one of the Third World's true bright spots, somewhat 'diminished' by the comic-opera nationalism of its democratically elected president.
The main goal of this study was to attempt to determine if the growth function reflected in learning curves was a result of 'diminished' associative strength, reduced confidence, or both.
Though 'diminished' , the labor movement has played a key role in creating a new progressive political opposition.
And several times in the book a 'diminished' fifth rather than an augmented fourth is called a tritone.
Both groups of children were born with left ventricles that, on average, had higher mass and lower contractility, or a 'diminished' ability to pump.
The politics of solidarity they ostensibly represent seem to me to be correspondingly 'diminished' .
The switch to the demonic way of the deep happens through the 'diminished' chord.
However in sympathetic assistance the charge is often reduced to manslaughter with 'diminished' responsibilities, which ultimately carries a lighter sentence.
The 'diminished' sharing reduced the effectiveness of our interrogations and eventually convinced the command to end our support of the operation.
Arpeggios of 'diminished' 7ths rushing up and down the keyboard are the main - indeed the only - motive in this bravura piece.
The report also warns that the need to recruit afresh will result in a huge brain drain from the civil service in addition to a 'diminished' capability and reduced service to the public.
The new direction was toward shifting responsibility away from the federal government, which indicated a 'diminished' civil works role for the Corps of Engineers.
Visual changes in the earlier stages may include 'diminished' vision, contraction of the visual field, changes in the size of objects or photophobia.
‘Ok,’ I play it in its Major, minor, Augmented and 'diminished' forms then look up at him again.
Unpicked coffee beans are now spreading the Broca disease, which threatens to destroy next year's already 'diminished' crop.
Since then, 'diminished' resources have reduced its intellectual quality as well as its students' opportunities.
Arrhythmia develops in association with damaged cardiac contractile elements and 'diminished' coronary flow.
The king's prestige was 'diminished' , and European powers became wary of intervening on his behalf.
I've found ginger to be particularly helpful for infants with colic, and in older people who suffer with poor digestion or 'diminished' appetite.
Several plants react to increased UV radiation with reduced growth or 'diminished' photosynthetic activity.
The role of poverty in 'diminished' marriage prospects may be illustrated by comparing various U.S. ethnic groups that differ in average earnings.
The American tenor as the pro-consul, the cause of the romantic turbulence, sang well but seemed 'diminished' by the non-existent drama.
Its atmosphere was more ceremonial than Stabat Mater's, but to 'diminished' effect.
He had what his family describes as a ‘closed-head, traumatic brain injury’ which has left him severely 'diminished' .
It was up to me if I left the hospital 'diminished' or augmented.
The truth is that even in stripping away the myth and iconography, and removing the unaccountably exceptional Lincoln, we are not left with a 'diminished' figure.
A crtc in name only gives us the illusion of regulation and protection, but in reality, it has a very 'diminished' and marginal role.
The problem is that such an approach requires national politicians to deny themselves power and accept a 'diminished' role for the central state, their state.
Precious few ghosts survive from that which passes for medieval Berlin, and even those from Neoclassical Berlin are much 'diminished' .
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