descope
trim one's sails
depreciate
let the perfect be the enemy of the good
outfund
underperform
constrain
zero out
false economy
subgoal
run down
short-sightedness
filter down
lower
underbudget
deprioritize
retrenchment
downsizing
curtailment
devaluate
shortfalling
downstrike
hatchet job
downtrend
shorten
fritter away
salami-slice
sell out
de-escalatory
scale back
fall up
set back
underachieve
detractive
law of diminishing returns
drive down
bankroll
cheap out
dog it
decoct
decrease
tighten one's belt
drop-off
weak
lessening
demotivate
bear
shortcoming
debauch
belt-tightening
alternativity
backburner
abate
write down
recost
mismotivate
slide
disvalue
bastardize
reduce
budgetize
look down
fail
droop
demarketing
deflate
diminution
decline
soft bigotry of low expectations
nether
cost-saving
cost saving
cut down
misoptimize
ooch
market risk
skinny
downcoming
cheapen
take away
turn down
bring down
smartsizing
downscale
take down
signal
disimprovement
tighten the purse strings
plan B
domain of convergence
undermargin
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
defunding
benficiate
underbound
home in
underreach