abridgeable
Able to shorten
Abridgeable describes something that can be shortened or condensed without losing its essential meaning.
Books, contracts, and rights may all be abridgeable: The novel proved easily abridgeable for the audiobook edition.
Constitutional rights are sometimes described as non-abridgeable, meaning they cannot be diminished or curtailed.
Reduce volume by force
reduce · compact · contract · telescope · distill · boil down · pare down · slim down
Make less complex
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- distillPurify through vaporization
- uncomplicateMake less complex
untangle · reduce · demystify · elucidate · accessible · digestible · manageable
State main points briefly
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- abstractCondensed version of text
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- precisCondensed written summary
outline · overview · epitomize · recap · recapitulation · compendium · condensation · paraphrase
compress
Reduce volume by force
curtail · reduce · compact · contract · telescope · distill · boil down · pare down · slim down · cut down
simplify
Make less complex
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- clarifyMake something understandable
- distillPurify through vaporization
uncomplicate · untangle · reduce · demystify · elucidate · accessible · digestible · manageable
summarize
State main points briefly
precis · outline · overview · epitomize · recap · recapitulation · compendium · condensation · paraphrase · sketch
revise
Alter to improve
redact · rework · rewrite · redraft · expurgate · bowdlerize · censor · cut · excise · omit
abridgeableirreducible
Cannot be simplified further
incompressible · sacrosanct · essential · unalterable · indivisible
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