skeletonizing

/ˈskɛlətənaɪzɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of skeletonize: the act of reducing something to its basic framework or essential parts.
    • He spent the afternoon skeletonizing his essay, removing all the fluff.
    • The team is skeletonizing the project plan to meet the tight deadline.
    • Skeletonizing the budget helped the company survive the financial crisis.
adjective
  1. That reduces something to a basic or essential form.
    • The skeletonizing process left only the core arguments in the debate.
    • Her skeletonizing approach to design focuses on function over decoration.
    • The skeletonizing algorithm compresses images by removing unnecessary pixels.