Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

w-shaped recession

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: w-shaped re-ces-sion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An economic downturn where key indicators such as GDP and employment plummet sharply, briefly rebound, dip again, and then recover fully, forming a W pattern on a chart.

Synonyms

W-shaped recovery

Questions

What does w-shaped recession mean?: An economic downturn where key indicators such as GDP and employment plummet sharply, briefly rebound, dip again, and then recover fully, forming a W pattern on a chart.

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