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in reduced circumstances in reduced circumstancesAt a much lower level of income or financial means. The one-time business tycoon has now been living in reduced circumstances in a small village in Norway.See also: circumstance, reducein reduced circumstancesEuph. in poverty. After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance.See also: circumstance, reducein reduced circumstances used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy.See also: circumstance, reduce |