[
US
/ˈsɫəmp/
]
[ UK /slˈʌmp/ ]
[ UK /slˈʌmp/ ]
NOUN
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
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a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
a gradual slack in output
a falloff in quality
the team went into a slump
a drop-off in attendance
VERB
- assume a drooping posture or carriage
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go down in value
prices slumped
the stock market corrected -
fall or sink heavily
My spirits sank
He slumped onto the couch -
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
The real estate market fell off
How To Use slump In A Sentence
- She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life. LADY BE GOOD
- The chief natural phenomena that have driven fragmentation are glacial advances, volcanic activity, geologic faulting, tectonic movement, mass land slumping, serpentinization, major sea level rise and climate oscillation. Habitat fragmentation
- The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens.
- Teddington slumped to a 151 run defeat in one of their poorest performances of the season against Ealing on Saturday.
- She is slumped on a bed in a cubicle, with a fair number of friends and family milling around her. Times, Sunday Times
- There was nothing that bothered him more than seeing his friends in bad moods, for he knew what it felt like to be in a slump.
- He slumped forward, the knife buried deep in his chest.
- The airline industry is currently in a slump.
- Having held Grange to 177-9, Prestwick looked in some trouble as they slumped to 18-2 in their eleventh over.
- He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.