reduced capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofdepletedandcapacity

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depleted
adjective
uk
/dɪˈpliː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈpliː.t̬ɪd/
reduced:
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofdepletedandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The choice has left him without family or community, resigned to a writer's life of "little mournful lonelinesses" (27) with areducedcapacityfor fellowship.
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Earth's terrestrial surface with areducedcapacityto supply benefits to humanity, there is good reason.
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These are portrayals of men who, by refusing to grow old, also refuse to be devalued for theirreducedcapacityfor production in the formal economy.
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In addition, these mice display poor survival and a markedlyreducedcapacityfor experimental clot lysis.
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The former problems require care when dealing with albino eyes, because of theirreducedcapacityto absorb any stray light.
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The idea is to make use of the existing functional redundancies within the system and subsystems to maintain operation, even at areducedcapacityif necessary.
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In both situations, the central feature is loss of articular cartilage and areducedcapacityfor repair; the chondrocytes themselves appear to be the driving force behind these deficiencies.
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Water scarcity is intensified in poor soils because of theirreducedcapacityto absorb and retain moisture.
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Kronenberger testified that this reduced level of activity meant areducedcapacityfor impulse control, self-regulation, and so on, and thus a greater susceptibility to aggressive or violent behaviour.
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It is currently operating within areducedcapacityof 212 places.
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The company's ability to fulfil this commitment will obviously depend upon theirreducedcapacitycontinuing to be profitable in the future.
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Some firms have alsoreducedcapacitywithout withdrawing from production altogether.
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It is not only the extra strain which war conditions cast on the personnel; it is thereducedcapacitywhich inevitably results.
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It hasreducedcapacitywithout sacrificing significant capability or profitability.
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We do not want to consolidate a position where we are producing the same number of ships ofreducedcapacitywith a reduced work force.
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Does he agree that that decline is one cause of ourreducedcapacityfor building merchant ships?
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It also has areducedcapacityto manage issues such as migration and crime at its borders.
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It is quite true that from 65 onwards he will show a degree ofreducedcapacity.
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It has said that we still have the underlying problems of import penetration and heavilyreducedcapacity as a result of bankruptcies of both good and bad companies.
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