Diminishing Returns Definition

dĭ-mĭnĭ-shĭng
noun
A yield rate that after a certain point fails to increase proportionately to additional outlays of capital or investments of time and labor.
American Heritage
The proportionately smaller increase in productivity observed after a certain point in the increase of capital, labor, etc.
Webster's New World

(idiomatic) A condition in which additional inputs into an organization, project or process produce progressively fewer or lower-quality additional outputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs to decrease.

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