The word 'minimised' is correct and usable in written English.
It is the past tense of the verb 'minimise', meaning to reduce or make something as small as possible. Example: The company implemented cost-cutting measures to minimise expenses and increase profitability.
The review praised the actions of the boarding party and personnel aboard the customs vessel Triton, noting the provision of lifejackets to passengers, as well as the recovery of passengers by Triton and others, "most likely minimised the loss of life that could have otherwise occurred".
"I believe, if the meeting is to take place in Ireland, the threat to the PM's safety could best be minimised by holding the meeting at Baldonnel aerodrome [the military airport for Dublin].
"I hope a very great deal of work is going on to minimise the impact on financial markets, on the United Kingdom – it affects us just as much as anybody else in the western world – to make sure that any knock-on effects from a Grexit are minimised and knock-on effects on the Greek people who are going to suffer a lot of poverty are also minimised as well.
Once such opportunities and facilities are available there, urbanisation will be minimised".
The opportunities for envelopes stuffed with banknotes to change hands are thus minimised.
But if instead of just using the misinformation to make unwise trades, the hackers leaked the figures to the financial markets, the company could find itself in hot water with regulators.In spite of such risks, which can be minimised through close co-ordination between companies' IT and legal teams, security experts are predicting that the popularity of active-defence techniques will grow.
Age-related non-pathological changes in the brain, muscles, joints, immune system, lungs and heart must be minimised.
The airline food industry's best chance to improve its margins seems to lie in persuading the airlines that food is not a necessary evil whose cost should be minimised, but a way for them to differentiate themselves.
Reducing the campaign to just a few summer weeks minimised the risks.
Public comments are being minimised to avoid inflaming popular and political passions in America.If the deal is approved, ICBC's subsequent role in the American market will largely depend on its ambitions.
The potential costs can be minimised if the other side can also be tarred with the dynastic brush.
