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  • verb informal To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient

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From dumb + downsize

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  • To reduce the staff numbers of a company to such low levels that work can no longer be carried out effectively.

    September 21, 2018