excess · waste · pruned · shaved · reduced · meat · butcher · knife · efficiency · downsized · stripped · slimmed · bacon · pared · economized · marbled · rendered · carved
IDEA.org / Words / trimmed the fat
Related — lean (Lacking fat; incline); cut (Severance or reduction); sliced (Divided by cutting); budget · streamlined · excess · waste · pruned · shaved · reduced · meat · butcher · knife
efficiency/leannesstrimmed the fat ≠ featherbedded Shielded from difficulty; gold-plated · overstaffed · inflated
addition vs. removaltrimmed the fat ≠ padded Filled with soft material; beefed up · fattened · built up · expanded · piled on
discipline vs. indulgencetrimmed the fat ≠ splurged Spent lavishly; overspent · gold-plated · overbuilt · overengineered
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