Diminishing in spanish

Menguante

pronunciation: menguɑnte part of speech: adjective
In gestures

diminish = disminuir. 

Example: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.

diminishing1 = cada vez menor. 

Example: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.

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» diminishing returns = rendimiento decreciente. [En economía, momento en el cual el incremento de recursos no produce el resultado esperado en proporción con la invrersión hecha]

Example: If no relief is given from commercial films, this familiarity brings diminishing returns of interest unless the teacher is of unusual quality.

» in diminishing order of importance = en orden decreciente de importancia, en orden de importancia decreciente.

Example: Each suit contains four face cards, called ace, king, queen, and jack, in diminishing order of importance.

» law of diminishing returns = ley de los rendimientos decrecientes.

Example: Furthermore, the larger the catalogue is, the more difficult it is to use; this is a significant example of the law of diminishing returns applied to librarianship.

diminishing2 = devaluador. 

Example: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed -- we have an armory of diminishing terms to apply which fool no one, least of all the children they label.

Diminishing synonyms

decreasing in spanish: decreciente, pronunciation: dɪkrisɪŋ part of speech: adjective
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