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

Examples of shrunken in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Related Story Marques Almeida’s applied tonal floral embroidery to a range of pale indigo jeans, shorts, tank and shrunken jacket. —

Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2024 Working with stylist Jill Jacobs, Lovato wore a shrunken red and brown jacket from Vivienne Westwood. —

Mikelle Street, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024 In the sequel, Bob leads an office full of yellow-suited shrunken head guys, each wearing a red nametag. —

Katcy Stephan, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 There, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur, flush with cash from the sale of PayPal, founded Space Exploration Technologies in 2002 and defied skeptics, building his startup into a $210-billion giant and fueling a revitalization of the shrunken industry. —

Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shrunken

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Word History

Etymology

from past participle of shrink entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of shrunken was in the 15th century

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“Shrunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrunken. Accessed 18 Oct. 2024.

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