depressed
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4.5
- adjective
- /dɪˈprɛst/
:
deprimido
- Current market conditions, of course, would be difficult to assess, considering the depressed state of the Polish economy.
- economically depressed
- depressed area
- depressed economy
Even gold's gone up, but silver stays depressed.
- Even gold's gone up, but silver stays depressed.
- That means while inventory may look depressed, this statistic does not take advantage of discouraged sellers.
- Depression means depressed growth, meaning you can have growth in a depression, but the growth is depressed relative to trend, relative to potential.
- Don't get me wrong, the profits realised earnings is the language people talk about has been depressed but will come back.
Examples
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These people bought a thousand acres of depressed real estate because of you.
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The town where the plant is located is a small town called Tar Heel in the middle of a very economically-depressed area.
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At the same time, these countries experience greatly depressed quality of life scores.
Academic text (1990) -
The ample income he was currently making went twice as far in the economically depressed city.
Academic text (2000) -
Second, and equally important, depressed producer prices had resulted from decades of government intervention.
Academic text (1999) -
A hospital may create and staff an outpatient clinic in an economically depressed neighborhood.
Academic text (2003) -
Beijing is trying to compensate for regional inequalities by investing in depressed areas.
Academic text (2003) -
Labor and capital were increasingly diverted from the chronically depressed agricultural sector to tourism.
Academic text (1993) -
Market forces are inexorable, as Appalachia, the South Bronx, and other chronically depressed areas of the United States illustrate.
Academic text (1997) -
The company reported losses due to a depressed market for its products.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At a lower level or amount than before
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.9
A break in the skull where a piece of bone pushes inward toward the brain
How Low
26
4.5
70
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Depressed comes from the parts de- 'down' and press 'to push', so it literally means 'pushed down'. That's why we call prices or markets depressed when they are pushed lower than normal.