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rightsizing

rightsizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

rightsizing (countable and uncountable, plural rightsizings)

  1. (euphemistic) Downsizing.

Forms of rightsizing

pluralrightsizings

Words formed from rightsizing

Questions about rightsizing

What does rightsizing mean?
Rightsizing means downsizing.
What is rightsizing the present participle and gerund of?
Rightsizing is the present participle and gerund of rightsize.
What part of speech is rightsizing?
Rightsizing is a noun.
What is the plural of rightsizing?
The plural of rightsizing is rightsizings.

Words near rightsizing in the dictionary

  1. rightshoring
  2. rightside
  3. rightsize
  4. rightsized
  5. rightsizes
  6. rightsizing
  7. rightsizings
  8. rightsless
  9. rightslessness
  10. rightsome
  11. rightsowner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rightsizing (page history and authors); rightsize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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