Disincrease
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Disincrease is a noun meaning (rare) The reduction of something that has increased or that typically increases.
Meaning
(rare) The reduction of something that has increased or that typically increases.
More Meanings
- (rare) To diminish; to decrease in size or number.
Example Sentences
My people have been so unhappy for a long time they wish now to disincrease, instead of multiply.
From acute respiraton disincrease of 500 over the preceding month; and an increase of 125 in deaths from consumption.
It takes brisk, frosty weather for this lest the meat should spoil before being salted down and put away; and the darkies say it is bad luck to kill hogs except in “the disincrease" of the moon.
Coadministration in individuals on immunosuppressant doses of corticosteroids can result in more extensive vaccine-associated rash or disincreased potential for neurotoxicity and/or nephrotoxicity.
Word Forms
- disincreases
- disincreasing
- disincreased
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decreasement, decrease, diminution, decline, lessening, diminishment.
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