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dumbsize

dumbsize verb: to reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.

Verb

dumbsize (third-person singular simple present dumbsizes, present participle dumbsizing, simple past and past participle dumbsized)

  1. (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.

Forms of dumbsize

third-person singular presentdumbsizes
present participledumbsizing
past participledumbsized
pastdumbsized

Origin of dumbsize

Blend of dumb + downsize.

Questions about dumbsize

What does dumbsize mean?
Dumbsize means to reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
What part of speech is dumbsize?
Dumbsize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dumbsize?
The past tense of dumbsize is dumbsized.

Words near dumbsize in the dictionary

  1. dumbs down
  2. dumbs out
  3. dumbshit
  4. dumbshits
  5. dumbshow
  6. dumbsize
  7. dumbsized
  8. dumbsizes
  9. dumbsizing
  10. dumbski
  11. dumbskis

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