decruitment

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noun

The act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy.

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Meanings

noundecruitment (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy.
  2. uncountablemedicineThe inability to detect changes in loudness when the intensity of a sound wave changes.

    The right ear has a 40 dB hearing loss with decruitment.

    1991, Frederick N. Martin, Introduction to Audiology, page 159
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    […] retrocochlear disorder can actually result in decruitment […]

    2003, Michael E. Glasscock, Aina J. Gulya, Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, volume 1, page 163

Origin

From de- + recruitment.

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APA

decruitment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decruitment

MLA

“decruitment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decruitment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decruitment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decruitment.

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