shrunken

adjective

shrunk·en ˈshrəŋ-kən

ˈsrəŋ-

: reduced in size : made less or smaller

After he'd lost nearly thirty pounds, his shrunken face disclosed itself to us as a replica of my elderly grandmother's …—

Philip Roth

… I had … a closet filled with shrunken clothes I'd blasted in the dryer …—

Caitlin Moscatello

… minerals and salts are more and more concentrated in the shrunken stream as it evaporates under the southwestern Sun.—

Jonathan Weiner

A netbook is a laptop with a shrunken screen, an undersize keyboard and a processor that's so slow, you'd have laughed at it in 2007.—

David Pogue

Yet the reality is that the public finances are going to be in an even bigger mess and the economy more shrunken than in the economic crisis of 2008/09.—

Ross Clark

… millions of people are unable to afford mortgage payments on homes with shrunken values.—

Arthur Delaney

The shrunken national attention span that television has fostered will probably reduce significantly the readership for this massive biography …—

Harry F. Waters

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Russia is a shrunken version of its older self militarily, and Iran lacks formidable modern military forces. —

Michael Mandelbaum, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019 Now, the shrunken trend is hitting cocktail menus and happy hours across the country, featuring micro versions of classic drinks in itty-bitty glasses. —

Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024 The creek is fed from the pure ice of shrunken glaciers above and ancient permafrost in the ground below. —

Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024 At night, the serum in the blue bottle delivers teeny-tiny, shrunken hyaluronic acid molecules to prime your skin. —

Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shrunken