spot reducing

American  

noun

1. the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.

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Example Sentences

There is no doubt but that the rice used by the labor on the coffee plantations, can be raised on the spot, reducing the cost of living to the laborers, and making them more contented.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs