tapered

American

[tey-perd] / ˈteɪ pərd /

adjective

becoming gradually thinner, narrower, or smaller toward one end.

The tapered table leg has long been a classic design.
The wine’s bouquet hit our nostrils the moment we opened the elegantly tapered bottle.
reduced gradually over time.

Once the allergic reaction had been alleviated, the patient was discharged with a tapered steroid dose and scheduled for outpatient follow-up.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of taper.

Other Word Forms

untapered adjective

Etymology

Origin of tapered

First recorded in 1620–30; taper ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; taper ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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For now, the geopolitical risk premium, which had been supporting oil prices, appears to have tapered off.

From Barron's

Some of “the downside risk has tapered off in the large-cap tech names,” he said, but “bubble fears” remain in the wake of the market’s boom on artificial-intelligence enthusiasm.

From MarketWatch

Read: Retail sales tapered off before the shutdown.

From MarketWatch

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