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adjective

depressed

CEFR B1

lower than previously

In a sentence

Six example sentences with depressed, each labelled with its topic.

  • Share prices stayed depressed for eleven months after the recall, never climbing back toward the level of the previous spring.

    Finance

  • Wages in the region remain depressed compared with a decade ago, even though the number of jobs has fully recovered.

    Economics

  • Ticket sales were depressed all season, running well under last year's figures despite two cheap family nights every month.

    Basketball

  • Sales stayed depressed through the summer, running a fifth below the previous year despite two rounds of discounts.

    Business

  • Hotel bookings remained depressed for two years after the airport closed, and several guesthouses never reopened.

    Travel

  • Ticket revenue stayed depressed all autumn, well under last year's takings even after the theater cut prices on weeknights.

    Movies

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