"diminishing" meaning in English

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          "word": "law of diminishing marginal utility"
        },
        {
          "word": "law of diminishing returns"
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          "word": "undiminishing"
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      "glosses": [
        "becoming smaller"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "decreixent"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "pienentyvä"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "tāromaroma"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
          "word": "minskande"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
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      "word": "diminishingly"
    },
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      "word": "law of diminishing marginal utility"
    },
    {
      "word": "law of diminishing returns"
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      "word": "undiminishing"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
      "word": "decreixent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
      "word": "pienentyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
      "word": "tāromaroma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
      "word": "minskande"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "becoming smaller, becoming less important or prominent",
      "word": "avtagande"
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