Synonym: correct, decline, depression, drop-off, economic crisis, fall off, falling off, falloff, sink, slack, slide down, slouch. Similar words: plump, lumpy, slug, sluggish, translucent, jump, dump, pump. Meaning: [slʌmp] n. 1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality 2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment. v. 1. assume a drooping posture or carriage 2. fall or sink heavily 3. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly 4. go down in value.
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61. All Angus did was pull his robe tighter around him and slump in one of the high-backed chairs to glower at us.
62. It is expected to report a profits slump on April 14.
63. Most people would love to be in the slump he's in right now.
64. The slump in the financial markets had kept the dollar from rising.
65. Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains.
66. The slump in the car industry was highlighted by Ford's offer of a $600 rebate on new cars.
67. The Government have reduced inflation only by imposing the second Tory slump in 10 years.
68. As the individual pits were filled, Carlton followed them around the site, testing temperature, slump, and air.
69. Cirrus Logic lived down to expectations yesterday, reporting a fat quarterly loss reflecting a major restructuring and a slump in sales.
70. Smith is in the deepest batting slump of his eight-year career.
71. Gedge will not slump in such dramatic fashion because of his businesslike constitution.
72. A slump in taxable profits left food distributor Booker down 19p at 420p.
73. The economic slump was nowhere to be seen, but hairline recession was another thing.
74. The slump in profits has limited the scope for corporation tax offsets but economic recovery should help ease the problem.
75. The resulting slump left a considerable proportion of productive capacity idle.
76. Robby Thompson, who hit a two-run homer Sunday, still finished the first half in a 2-for-27 slump.
77. Both taxes came into operation at the time when the land and property boom turned into a slump.
78. Whether in boom or slump, economic activity almost always produces a surplus.
79. Many slump into seats, some catching up on a little sleep before the day begins.
80. That would produce permanent slump, no jobs, no prospects, no hope for the future.
81. One of their major concerns was the slump in wool prices.
82. Some employers reneged on agreements once the slump set in; a few new agreements were made.
83. The economic slump has dried up the big-ticket multi-billion yen projects that the majors used to thrive on.
84. There is also the fear that with unemployment increasing so fast and remorselessly, Britain could still collapse into slump.
85. Severe import controls were introduced and were one of the factors explaining the slump in industrial production in 1973.
86. They will be the first to go in a slump.
87. Meanwhile,(www.Sentencedict.com) the knock-on effect of the slump is still being felt out in the provinces.
88. As the recession deepened into slump, the people tried to tell their government they were hurting.
89. Count the chief operating officers of two marquee high-technology players as victims of a recent slump in the computer market.
90. A 10.5 % drop for the week on the Nasdaq index underlined the slump in technology stocks.
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