diminishing returns

noun

Definitions

  1. A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce…

    A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.

    • He added, however, that the system operator is unlikely to use the cellphone alert often, lest Californians start to ignore it. The governor agreed that diminishing returns were a risk.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for diminishing returns. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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