attrition
🇺🇸
/əˈtrɪʃn/
🇬🇧
/əˈtrɪʃn/
noun
R
Making someone or something weaker through continuous pressure or problems.
They won through a strategy of attrition, slowly wearing down the other team.
R
Decreasing the number of workers in an organization by not replacing those who leave.
The company reduced its workforce through attrition by not hiring new employees as older ones retired.
translation
Making someone or something weaker through continuous pressure or problems.; Decreasing the number of workers in an organization by not replacing those who leave.
Word Forms
Plural
attritions