Decrease in Amount: English Vocabulary List

lacking in adequacy or fullness

"Her outfit is skimpy."

"The skimpy outfit was not appropriate for the formal dinner and the hostess asked the guest to change into something more modest."

(of air) containing a lower-than-average amount of oxygen

"The mountain air is rarefied."

"The air at the top of the mountain is rarefied and climbers must carry oxygen tanks to breathe properly above eight thousand meters."

a downward trend in a business or economical activity

"The market took a sudden downswing."

"A cyclical downswing is an expected period of economic contraction that follows a natural boom"