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right-size

right-size is the alternative form of rightsize.

Meaning of rightsize

Verb

rightsize (third-person singular simple present rightsizes, present participle rightsizing, simple past and past participle rightsized)

  1. (euphemistic) To downsize.
    • In summary, there are significant costs to a medical practice if it has too few or too many support staff. It is critical to rightsize staff with the appropriate methodology and tools to perform this analysis correctly on the first attempt.2003, Deborah L. Walker, David N. Gans, Rightsizing: Appropriate Staffing for Your Medical Practice, Medical Group Management Association, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of right-size

third-person singular presentright-sizes
present participleright-sizing
past participleright-sized
pastright-sized

Questions about right-size

What is right-size the alternative form of?
Right-size is the alternative form of rightsize.

Words near right-size in the dictionary

  1. right-shored
  2. right-shores
  3. right-shoring
  4. right-side-out
  5. right-side-up
  6. right-size
  7. right-sized
  8. right-sizes
  9. right-sizing
  10. right-thinking
  11. right-to-left

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