dumbsize

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verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person dumbsizes · participle present dumbsizing · participle past dumbsized · past dumbsized

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

Origin

Blend of dumb + downsize.

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APA

dumbsize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbsize

MLA

“dumbsize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbsize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumbsize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumbsize.

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