downsizing
IPA: dˈaʊnsaɪzɪŋ
noun
- An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.
- Miniaturization.
- (automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity.
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Examples of "downsizing" in Sentences
- Thanks for downsizing the picture.
- She paused a moment, then expanded on the word "downsizing."
- The brigade decommisioned in 2000 as part of the armys downsizing.
- This latest downsizing is NASA's essential admission of that fact.
- Does anyone ever succeeded in downsizing an administration? common sense
- It -- the term downsizing really became a big story when it started happening to reporters, at which point it was too late, really.
- Ronald Reagan pioneered this art form of disrespecting bureaucrats in the name of downsizing government, even as federal deficit spending on government programs he favored grew to epic proportions.
- The political barriers to this strategy are formidable, the consequences to some parts of the NASA center/supplier infrastructure are harsh, but some remaining downsizing from the Apollo era is long overdue.
- That Ares still faces serious issues with respect to vibrations and pulsation, or that Orion still faces mass challenges even after the recent crew downsizing, is a result of selection of a design with known issues.
- Some advise in downsizing burearacracy – axe those that try to justify their jobs by creating new regulatory hurdles, programs, paperwork etc which cost us money - keep the ones if we must - that do nothing - they only cost us their salary and benefits
- A first-time concert promoter, the former Cape St. George resident - who makes his home in New Brunswick and works in Alberta - says he came up with the idea to host a weekend concert on the peninsula after hearing about what he calls a downsizing of the French folk festival that takes place there each year.