diminishable

Able to lessen

Capable of being diminished—reduced, lessened, or made smaller.

The term appears most often in legal and philosophical contexts, particularly in discussions of rights: Certain constitutional protections are not diminishable by statute.

A diminishable resource can be depleted; a diminishable claim can be weakened.

reduction

decline

Decrease or refuse

dwindleDecrease gradually over time
waneDecrease gradually
subsideDecrease in intensity

ebb · recede · taper · deplete · erode · abate · mitigate · lessen · decrease · attenuate

adjustable

scalable

Able to increase capacity

modifiableAble to be changed
alterableAble to be changed
variableProne to fluctuation

reducible · controllable · tunable · gradable · measurable · quantifiable · manageable · negotiable

physical

compressible

Capable of being condensed

collapsibleAble to compress compactly
shrinkableAble to reduce in size
squeezableAble to be compressed

deflatable · condensable · contractible · retractable · elastic · foldable · telescopic · flexible · pliable · narrowable

fading

evanescent

Tending to vanish quickly

ephemeralLasting very briefly
transientTemporary, soon departing
vanishingCeasing to be visible

withering · decaying · obsolescent · disappearing · waning · fleeting · faint · pale · dimming · dissolving

Opposites

capacity for reduction

diminishableundiminishable

Cannot be lessened

irreducible · inviolable · immutable · permanent · fixed

direction of change

diminishableaugmentable

Able to be increased

expandable · amplifiable · increasable · extendable · enlargeable

Family

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