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law of diminishing returns

 

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Noun law of diminishing returns has 1 sense
  1. law of diminishing returns - a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness
    --1 is a kind of
    law, law of nature

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Law of Diminishing Returns

Noun:

The law of diminishing returns refers to the economic principle that after a certain point, the addition of more resources or inputs into production will result in a less proportional increase in output.

Example sentence: The factory's production started to decline because they were experiencing the effects of the law of diminishing returns.


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Noun Phrase:

The law of diminishing returns is a concept in economics that explains the negative impact on overall productivity when additional resources are continuously added to a process or system.

Example sentence: The law of diminishing returns in farming shows that adding excessive fertilizer can decrease crop yields.


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Adjective:

The law of diminishing returns can be observed in any process where the subsequent additions of resources or inputs have diminishing effects on the overall outcome.

Example sentence: As the project grew larger, they faced the law of diminishing returns, resulting in slower progress and increased costs.


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Verb:

To implement the law of diminishing returns, one must strategically assess at what point additional investments or efforts will start to yield less favorable results.

Example sentence: The company decided to stop investing in marketing as they were already diminishing returns and losing profits.


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