reduced
Americanadjective
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made smaller, lower, or less; diminished.
Individuals who experience depression have reduced levels of serotonin in their brains.
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Mathematics. noting a polynomial equation in which the second highest power is missing.
The cubic equation x3 − 4x + 4 = 0 is reduced.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of reduced
Explanation
A reduced thing has been lessened or subtracted from. If you want to ride your bike in Italy and you’re on a budget, look for reduced airfare. For a reduced risk of injury, wear a helmet when you get there. To reduce something is to make it smaller or lessen it in some way. Therefore, anything reduced is smaller than it was before. If you’re pedaling your way through Italy and hit a giant hill, you’ll probably have reduced pedal power and go much slower. This word applies to things that are going down in degree or amount. There could be reduced pain, reduced cost, or reduced size. Anything described as reduced can also be called decreased.
Example Sentences
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The new ProShares S&P 500 Buyback Aristocrats ETF will track an equal-weighted index of 68 stocks from the S&P 500 that have reduced their share counts every year for the past 10 years.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Beyond Meat on Wednesday called out lower demand from quick-service restaurants abroad and “weak category demand and reduced points of distribution in the U.S. retail and food-service channels.”
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Raman highlighted her own work on the issue, saying she reduced the number of homeless tents and other encampments by 54% in her district, which stretches from Silver Lake to Reseda.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
A National Foundation for American Policy paper in 2018 found that an increase in the immigrant labor force reduced unemployment of Americans in the same demographic group.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley had done as much as any Wall Street firm to persuade the rating agencies to treat consumer loans as they treated corporate ones—as assets whose risks could be dramatically reduced if bundled together.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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