minimized

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minimized - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  minimized \minimized\ adj.
     Reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree.
     [WordNet 1.5]

  minimize \min"i*mize\ (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. minimized (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
     minimizing (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]*z[i^]ng).]
     1. To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to
        reduce to a minimum. --Bentham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or
        minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.
        [PJC]

  decreased \decreased\ adj.
     made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
     increased. [Narrower terms: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened
     ; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
     diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
     attenuated]
  
     Syn: reduced.
          [WordNet 1.5]

minimized - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  minimized
      adj 1: reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

minimized - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "minimized":
     abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belittled, consumed,
     contracted, curtailed, decreased, deflated, diminished, dissipated,
     dropped, eroded, fallen, less, lesser, lower, lowered,
     miniaturized, reduced, retrenched, scaled-down, shorn, shorter,
     shrunk, shrunken, smaller, watered-down, weakened, worn