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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When the Ralph Lauren alum first set up shop in New York City’s West Village in 2001, the shrunken gray flannel ensembles shook up the fashion world and have now become part of the brand’s design iconography.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
An illustration of the human brain showing a shrunken substantia nigra, a degeneration that occurs with Parkinson’s disease.
—Fernanda González, Wired News, 10 July 2025
Of course, most of these sanctimonious snore-mongers linger on in one shrunken form or another, still screaming obscenities and shaking their fists at the moon.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Still, for many of the players who were dominant during tennis’ defining era, today’s shrunken audiences are somewhat baffling, given the athleticism on display and the dizzying velocity of the aggro-baseliner game.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025
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Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
An illustration of the human brain showing a shrunken substantia nigra, a degeneration that occurs with Parkinson’s disease.
—Fernanda González, Wired News, 10 July 2025
Of course, most of these sanctimonious snore-mongers linger on in one shrunken form or another, still screaming obscenities and shaking their fists at the moon.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Still, for many of the players who were dominant during tennis’ defining era, today’s shrunken audiences are somewhat baffling, given the athleticism on display and the dizzying velocity of the aggro-baseliner game.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025
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“Shrunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrunken. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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