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slump::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack |
| Type of | worsening, deterioration, declension, decline in quality |
the team went into a slump.
slump::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | depression, economic crisis |
| Type of | economic condition, crisis |
Examples of slump
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The Hoyas have won three straight after their Big East slump earlier this month.
From the washingtonpost.com
Yes, players often slump after a long, taxing and, ultimately successful season.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Allen Andreas took the reins amid an agriculture slump and a corruption scandal.
From the businessweek.com
At that time, Saunders was just crawling his way out of a season-starting slump.
From the thenewstribune.com
While the sales decline softened, the slump in prices appeared to pick up speed.
From the stltoday.com
The slump cut new-car sales by a third during the slump, hitting bottom in 2009.
From the stltoday.com
Nelson Cruz homered leading off the fourth, ending an 0-for-10 postseason slump.
From the timesunion.com
After Apple suffered a slump in the mid-1980s, he was forced out of the company.
From the nzherald.co.nz
These strengths have helped Mexico to rebound smartly from its calamitous slump.
From the economist.com
- A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
- Assume a drooping posture or carriage
- Depression: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- Fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
- Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
- Decline: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
- In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity over a period of time. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. ...
- A Slump is a form of mass wasting that occurs when a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or rock layers moves a short distance down a slope. Movement is characterized by sliding along a concave-upward or planar surface. ...
- In sports, a slump is a period of time when player or team is not performing well or up to expectations. It is pretty much a dry spell or drought, though it is often misused to define a player's decline that is natural during their career .
