The feminist glow of this enterprise diminished when Drew unwisely told Diana to go out in the lunch hour and buy her infants vests.
A cynic might suggest that an inventors' conference at a Holiday Inn is about as incongruous as a superhero forum at a truck stop -- a noble enterprise diminished by location.
By passing off conservative jihadism (Heilbrunn's term) as "fair and balanced" reporting, Ailes and Fox have diminished the journalistic enterprise itself, contributing mightily to a communications universe in which research, facts and dialogue are seen as soft, boring and ineffectual compared with fear-mongering, Bible-thumping and race-baiting.
Selling recordings to consumers as inexpensive artworks to be appreciated for their own sake is a much-diminished enterprise now that free copies multiply across the Web.
"Economic conditions have shifted and the benefits of having a separate for-profit enterprise have diminished," Harvey J. Stedman, the university's provost, said in a statement released by the university.
Putting together in a clear format such a variety of approaches and expertises is not a small feat, and the benefit of the enterprise is not diminished by the unavoidable editorial imperfections.
Despite its numerous enterprises, its importance diminished in the 1920s.
Their seasonal presence is one of a diminishing number of enterprises that bring money in.
Most of the surviving band members still live there, but the presence of the Dead, as a commercial enterprise and cultural force, has diminished.
Because if their store fails, my neighborhood falters from the loss of yet another locally owned enterprise, which diminishes both the long-term value of my real estate and the day -to-day qualife of life.
Most Americans will feel the impact through diminished municipal tax revenue, hurting funding for schools and other government-funded enterprises.
