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dwarf

adjective as in miniature, tiny

noun as in (in folklore) a small being having magic powers

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Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed said the government was "putting power" into the hands of local people but the Conservatives said the money would be "dwarfed" by tax rises.

From BBC

“But those increases are completely dwarfed by the major shift that happened in the ocean between the end of February and the beginning of April — the upwelling event.”

That will take some doing, especially in countries such as Brazil, where American football barely registers a blip on the sports radar with interest dwarfed by the passion for soccer.

As you can see from this chart, Colbert’s audiences dwarf Gutfeld’s across every major electronic media platform.

From Salon

As they walk toward the shore, the group is dwarfed by the lake’s famous craggy formations called tufa nearly 20 feet above them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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