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doldrums::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stagnancy, stagnation |
| Type of | inactiveness, inactivity, inaction |
doldrums::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | air current, current of air, wind |
Examples of doldrums
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The Sharks and Kings will be grateful to get out the January doldrums next week.
From the washingtonpost.com
E-books represent one of the few growth areas within the doldrums of publishing.
From the sfgate.com
Despite its earlier doldrums, the nuclear industry is still a sizeable business.
From the economist.com
Perhaps Tiger Woods'absence helped Mickelson emerge from his Ryder Cup doldrums.
From the washingtontimes.com
No nation can grow out of the economic doldrums with a declining infrastructure.
From the washingtonpost.com
Bad programmes were rarely, if ever, able to hire their way out of the doldrums.
From the economist.com
But with the growth outlook more modest, we anticipate a period in the doldrums.
From the guardian.co.uk
Another crisis came in the early 1990s, when the auto industry hit the doldrums.
From the usatoday.com
For the last decade, much of the West's steel industry has been in the doldrums.
From the time.com
- Stagnation: a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
- A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
- The Doldrums, also called the "equatorial calms", are the calms and light baffling winds at the intertropical convergence zone. The zone is a band, encircling the Earth just north of the equator, where the winds from the northern and southern hemispheres come together.
- The Doldrums is the second album from the Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti series, re-issued in 2004 by Paw Tracks .
- The Doldrums is an EP by Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke. It was released in 2004 on Ivy League records, distributed by MGM distribution.
- A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors; the state of boredom, malaise, apathy or lack of interest; a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium
- Area near equator that experiences low pressures and light shifting winds.
- The regions on either side of the equator where air pressure is low and winds are light. (National Weather Service)
- Calm, light winds, or squalls lying along the length of the equator. Winds which are part of the general circulation of the atmosphere, which are driven by the input of solar energy and modified by the rotation of the Earth. ...
