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past tense form of curtail.
past participle of curtail.

curtailed

ADJECTIVE

brief

Synonyms

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concise fleeting momentary quick short-lived swift temporary

STRONG

ephemeral fast little passing transient

WEAK

hasty instantaneous meteoric short-term transitory

Antonyms

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enduring lasting lengthy long long-lived permanent slow sluggish

ADJECTIVE

lower

Synonyms

STRONG

decreased diminished junior lessened low minor reduced secondary subordinate

WEAK

bush-league lesser lower-rung nether pared down second-class second-fiddle second-string smaller subjacent under

Antonyms

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elevated important increased major superior

WEAK

higher

ADJECTIVE

short

Synonyms

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abbreviated brief crisp precise shortened terse

STRONG

bare compressed condensed decreased diminished fleeting lessened little summarized summary

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aphoristic boiled down breviloquent compendiary compendious concise curtate cut short cut to the bone decurtate epigrammatic in a nutshell laconic momentary not protracted pithy sententious short and sweet short-term succinct undersized unprolonged unsustained

Antonyms

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enduring lasting lengthy

STRONG

long

WEAK

unabridged

ADJECTIVE

shorter

Synonyms

WEAK

briefer diminished less lessened lower more concise reduced

Antonyms

WEAK

higher longer taller

ADJECTIVE

thumbnail

Synonyms

STRONG

brief compact short summary

WEAK

abbreviated abridged concise contracted epigrammatic short and sweet succinct to the point truncated

Antonyms

STRONG

large lengthy long unabridged

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curtailed

The curtailed contest has prompted calls from some within Labour for Burnham to offer more details on policies he will look to implement in government.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

It severely curtailed the ability of a president to quickly remove Federal Reserve officials, and thereby exert its influence over monetary policy, and reinforced the deference due to the independence of the central bank.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Do that enough, and climate change could be curtailed without upending the world as we know it.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Washington curtailed Chinese supercomputer developers’ access to Intel chips and other American hardware in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

From that moment on, Farmer curtailed his travel within the country.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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