depressionlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

depression +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

depressionlike (comparative more depressionlike, superlative most depressionlike)

  1. (economics) Resembling a depression
    • 2009 March 4, David Leonhardt, “Job Losses Show Breadth of a Recession”, in New York Times[1]:
      El Centro has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, a depressionlike 22.6 percent.