diminishing returns

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aconditionin which additionalinputsinto anorganization,projectorprocessproduce progressivelyfewerorlower-qualityadditionaloutputs, and may, in extreme cases, cause the total quantity or quality of outputs todecrease.2012May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:Brünowas a case ofdiminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.2022September 7, Jill Cowan, Shawn Hubler, Ivan Penn, “California Leaders Credit Cellphone Alert for Sudden Conservation”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN:He added, however, that the system operator is unlikely to use the cellphone alert often, lest Californians start to ignore it. The governor agreed thatdiminishing returnswere a risk.

Examples:

EN: It must be the law of diminishing returns.
ES: Debe ser la ley del menor rédito.
EN: If it's more than three times a week we get diminishing returns.
ES: Si es más de tres veces a la semana habrá menos posibilidades.
EN: But there's a point of diminishing returns when your mind starts to play tricks on you.
ES: Pero en un punto sus respuestas se enlentecerán y su mente comenzará a jugarle malas pasadas.
EN: I know but I operate in a profession of diminishing returns.
ES: Lo sé pero en mi profesión los rendimientos son decrecientes.
EN: Leading to extinction if they can't solve the problem of diminishing returns in their cloning technology.
ES: Las cuales finalmente los llevarán a la desaparición de su civilización... si no pueden resolver el problema de su tecnología de clonación.
EN: ...lt's the law of diminishing returns
ES: ... La Ley de los rendimientos decrecientes
EN: I think we've reached the point of diminishing returns.
ES: Creo que llegamos al punto...
EN: As is always the case with any style, there's a law of diminishing returns.
ES: Como siempre en el caso de cualquier estilo, hay una ley de rendimientos decrecientes.
EN: You've survived, good for you, but now you're starting to see diminishing returns.
ES: Han sobrevivido, bien por ustedes pero ahora, empiezas a ver peligrar el resultado.
EN: Talk about diminishing returns.
ES: Hablemos de los problemas de la economía productiva.
EN: Subject to the same law of diminishing returns.
ES: Sujetos a la misma ley de deterioro.
EN: We're closing in on diminishing returns here.
ES: Nos estamos acercando y quedando sin vías de salida.
EN: There may be diminishing returns in continuing to exploit the reserves in the upper basin area... Perhaps we'll take a short break.
ES: Puede que haya rendimientos decrecientes en continuar la explotación de las reservas en el área alta de la cuenca... Quiza tomaremos un breve descanso.
EN: ♪ sex ♪ Look, eventually, you hit a point of diminishing returns on the sexiness.
ES: Al final llegas a un punto de mínimos en cuanto a sensualidad.
EN: Look, we have reached the point of diminishing returns here.
ES: Mira, hemos alcanzado el punto de rendimiento decreciente aquí.

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