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
Philip Roth… I had … a closet filled with shrunken clothes I'd blasted in the dryer …—Caitlin Moscatello
Caitlin Moscatello… minerals and salts are more and more concentrated in the shrunken stream as it evaporates under the southwestern Sun.—Jonathan Weiner
Jonathan WeinerA 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
David PogueYet 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
Ross Clark… millions of people are unable to afford mortgage payments on homes with shrunken values.—Arthur Delaney
Arthur DelaneyThe shrunken national attention span that television has fostered will probably reduce significantly the readership for this massive biography …—Harry F. Waters
Harry F. WatersExamples of shrunken in a Sentence
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But its shrunken sense of humor — which, while diminished, still adheres to the series’ brutal, black-comic origins — isn’t so much a slight, as a flex.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Her knits, typically flamboyant and colorful, were more grounded in reality, working ivory white yarns into shrunken turtlenecks and cropped cardigans, which Boero spiced up with multicolored, 3D braids.
—WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
From shrunken suede jackets at Miu Miu to draped jersey dresses at Lemaire and Gucci, mocha mousse can act as the perfect backdrop for any colours within this report.
—Libby Page, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
In Sephora and beauty subreddits, customers have aired grievances over the shrunken size.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Her knits, typically flamboyant and colorful, were more grounded in reality, working ivory white yarns into shrunken turtlenecks and cropped cardigans, which Boero spiced up with multicolored, 3D braids.
—WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
From shrunken suede jackets at Miu Miu to draped jersey dresses at Lemaire and Gucci, mocha mousse can act as the perfect backdrop for any colours within this report.
—Libby Page, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
In Sephora and beauty subreddits, customers have aired grievances over the shrunken size.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shrunken
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“Shrunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrunken. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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