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diminishing returns

idiom

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.


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  1. 01

    many happy returns

    A greeting, usually for birthdays, in reference to the passing year; Happy birthday!

  2. 02

    returns to scale

    a function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long run

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