reduced

[ ri-doost, -dyoost ]

/ rɪˈdust, -ˈdyust /

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adjective

made smaller, lower, or less; diminished: Individuals who experience depression have reduced levels of serotonin in their brains.

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

First recorded in 1620–30; reduce + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM reduced

non·re·duced, adjectivequa·si-re·duced, adjectiveun·re·duced, adjective

Words nearby reduced

red tide, redtop, Red Tory, red trillium, reduce, reduced, reduced level, reduced mass, reduced paid-up insurance, reducer, reducible

How to use reduced in a sentence

Since the nature of the discussions is more, let’s call it … creative in earlier-stage businesses, where the focus is on where they’ve been particularly impacted by reduced bandwidth for collaboration while meeting remotely.
Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups|Walter Thompson|February 12, 2021|TechCrunch
Part of the agency’s enforcement problems can be traced to DEQ’s reduced number of employees, employees’ high workloads, frequent staff turnover “and ineffective data systems,” the audit said.
Air Quality Regulators in “Cancer Alley” Have Fallen Dangerously Behind|by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate|January 29, 2021|ProPublica
In 2019, more than 29 million children ate free and reduced-price school lunches daily.
The Pandemic Reveals Racial Gaps in School Meal Access|Lisa Held|January 27, 2021|Eater
Amid reduced client budgets, relentless cost containment and “an agency future no one can predict,” reassuring employees has been key.
‘Leaders who lacked empathy struggled in 2020’: Agency chiefs discuss leadership transformation|Jessica Davies|January 4, 2021|Digiday

A reduced far version of the card is set to arrive for riders who qualify at some point in 2021.
NYC MTA’s contactless fare system completes rollout, will phase out MetroCard in 2023|Brian Heater|December 31, 2020|TechCrunch
In Scandinavian countries this discrimination has been dramatically reduced.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Continue to cook until the sauce has reduced by three quarters.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-one-and-a-half million students participate in free or reduced-price school lunch programs.
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This leaves people with a history of anorexia and reduced bone density like me at high risk for fractures.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That, like the matches, had long ago been used up, and our discoverers were reduced to roasted biscuit-crumbs.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
By its operation Gordon Wright, the most sensible man of our acquaintance, is reduced to the level of infancy!
Confidence|Henry James
Having reduced Punch to a second agony of tears Harry departed upstairs with the news that Punch was still rebellious.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
A very few weeks flew over the head of the needy man, before he was reduced to the same pitiable straits.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various