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decreased

decreased

1.5
Smaller in amount or size than before
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈkrist/
translation icon : disminuido
  • After making several changes to the diet, she noticed a decreased appetite.

The next thing you're going to benefit from is a decreased risk of falling.

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Examples

  • The next thing you're going to benefit from is a decreased risk of falling.

  • In your view, has trust increased, decreased or stayed the same since you came to office?

  • The road quality is slightly decreased since you started.

  • Including to replace lost revenue delayed or decreased as a result of the pandemic.

  • So we know that this same process of increased stress or decreased stress effects how our brains age.

  • So we know that this same process of increased stress or decreased stress effects how our brains age.

  • People who ate more red meat had a decreased cancer occurrence.

  • The medication has resulted in a decreased level of anxiety for many patients.

  • The company reported a decreased turnover rate, indicating improved employee satisfaction.

Synonyms

shrunken
vsdecreased
4 3.9

Smaller or weaker than before

is broader, covering any case of being less, not only physical shrinkage
diminished
vsdecreased
  • Specialized
4.4

Smaller in size, strength or importance

focuses on the condition after that change has already happened
reduced
vsdecreased
1.6

Made smaller in size, amount, or price

emphasizes the state after the size or amount has been cut down
lessened
vsdecreased
2.1

Smaller in amount, degree, or strength

highlights the state after the amount or intensity has dropped
falling
vsdecreased
1.8

Becoming lower in amount or value

describes the finished condition after the amount has gone down
decreasing
vsdecreased
2.3

Becoming less in number, size, or strength

refers to the completed state rather than a continuing process
diminishing
vsdecreased
4.6

Becoming less in size, number, amount or importance

expresses the finished condition after that change, not the continuing drop
lowered
vsdecreased
1.3

Moved down to a position below the usual level, for example a head or a car

refers to less in amount or degree rather than physical placement

Antonyms

1.0

Larger or more than before

4.0

Larger in size or number

5.2

Made larger or stronger by adding something

How Much

diminished
  • Specialized
4.4
decreased
1.5
reduced
1.6

Surface Forms

decreased positive

Morphology

decreased = decrease (transparent) = decrease + ed

A straightforward adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'decrease' with -ed indicating 'having become less'.

Etymology

Decreased comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and crescere meaning 'to grow', the same root you see in increase. So, to be decreased is to have 'grown down' — that is, to become less in size, amount, or degree.