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shrunken

[ shruhng-kuhn ]

verb

  1. a past participle of shrink.


adjective

  1. contracted or lessened in size, extent, or scope:

    Many state agencies are operating with a shrunken workforce.

shrunken

/ ˈʃrʌŋkən /

verb

  1. a past participle of shrink
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. usually prenominal reduced in size

    a shrunken head

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·shrunken adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shrunken1

First recorded before 1000, for the adjective
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Example Sentences

Still, that’s enough to tell that many of them seem like slightly shrunken versions of Neptune, with thick, toxic atmospheres.

Fairfax and Loudoun County public schools seized on the shrunken distance to expand the number of days of in-person learning they are offering to students this semester — going from two days a week to four days a week of face-to-face instruction.

Houses disappeared, only for a portion of the building to reappear closer to the road, shrunken or engorged.

In a year where the shrunken salary cap has made much of the NFC exactly that, it’s a very good place for Washington to find itself.

Even in this shrunken pandemic form, the stage is about more than football, and it brings us back together, in spirit at least.

And I like the way you carried your mic pack like it was a shrunken head.

I miss the strife His shrunken staff, his hungry wife Inflame chafe!

So says Thomas Hobbes, whose definition of all laughter illuminates those moments when we smugly parade past the shrunken giants.

With a taut, shrunken face, a penchant for cocaine injections, and a fondness for disguise and deception, Holmes is his own Hyde.

One sweater, in particular, a short-sleeve, shrunken crewneck, was charmingly marked by teardrop-shaped dollops of teal blue.

You would see it small, shrunken, dropped together, just like the body of a materialising medium at a seance.

He stopped and supported his shrunken frame wearily on his crutches, and leaned against a neighboring wall.

The only trace of hair upon his countenance grew on the shrunken upper lip—mere wisps of white down.

Sirdeller himself, in the clear light which streamed through the large window, seemed more aged and shrunken than ever.

The young king, pale and shrunken, lay as if buried in his sheets, his pinched little face scarcely showing on the pillow.

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