Word: dumbsizing
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: dumb
si
zing
Definition: Present participle of dumbsize. To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
Morphemes:
Affix: dumb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To reduce the intellectual demands of.
Affix: down-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: decrease
Affix: size
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.