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race to the bottom

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
race -to the bot-tom
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which competition between governments leads to very excessive (harmful) deregulation.

noun

A situation in which competition between entities leads to elimination of perks or amenities, often in the interest of cutting costs.

noun

Any situation in which multiple parties are seemingly competing to achieve the greatest level of mediocrity.

Inflected Forms

races to the bottom (plural)

Antonyms

race to the top

Questions

What does race to the bottom mean?
A situation in which competition between governments leads to very excessive (harmful) deregulation.

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