dwindling

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

aware, foreign, inadequate, new, suppy

VERB + DWINDLING

face, followed, reserves, supplies

DWINDLING + NOUN

opportunit, resources, revenues, situation, window

ADV.

away, slowly

Definitions

adj

declining; growing less

There is dwindling support for New Labour.

Yes, I am aware of the dwindling suppy situation. The supplies meant for the Resistance had to be diverted at the last moment, so we never received them.

noun

A gradual reduction to nothing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — gradually decreasing until little remains

tapering

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

There is dwindling support for New Labour.

Wiktionary

Yes, I am aware of the dwindling suppy situation. The supplies meant for the Resistance had to be diverted at the last moment, so we never received them.

Wiktionary

The first of the boys trapped in a Thai cave were rescued earlier today, and the mission has been temporarily suspended while teams restock supplies. But rescuers have a dwindling window of opportunit

Wiktionary

Their numbers are dwindling.

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From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.

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Dwindling resources have hampered the efforts of police to stem the rise of violent crime in the city.

Tatoeba · #2931949

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