scaled down

Reduced in size

Scaled down means reduced in size, scope, or extent while maintaining essential proportions or characteristics.

A scaled-down model is a smaller replica.

A scaled-down version of a plan retains core elements but with less ambition or fewer resources: They scaled down the wedding due to budget constraints.

The opposite is scaled up.

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condensed · downsized · cut back · shrunken · compact · reduced · economize · curtailed · reined in · truncate · prune · abridge · pare · smaller · compression · ration · abbreviation · simplify

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size/magnitude

scaled downscaled up

Increased proportionally in size

enlarged · magnified · expanded · blown up · supersized

scope/extent

scaled downscaled up

Increased proportionally in size

expanded · ramped up · extended · broadened · built up

intensity/degree

scaled downramped up

Increased in degree

intensified · escalated · amplified · heightened · boosted

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