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.
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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.
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Oak Hill Advisors reduced its stake in the offshore drilling company to 4,095,067 shares.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Since then, a furious Whitehall battle saw that number reduced first to £18bn.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
The analysis reduced the uncertainties in those measurements by a factor of 1.6 compared with the combined results from previous experiments conducted over several decades.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
“Culturally, you may see declining morale, reduced transparency from leadership or key talent exiting,” Berndt says.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
His sentence was later commuted to life in prison and then reduced to fourteen years.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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