Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunset industry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: sun-set in-dus-try
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of business that is obsolescent.

Example Sentences

"Yet, the negative image one hears at present is not of a "sweatshop industry" but of a "sunset industry.""
"It may be mature but it's not a sunset industry, and arguably not one sector."
"But a traditional industry is not a sunset industry. The textile industry is both an old industry and an evergreen industry."
"But where others saw a sunset industry, David Alliance saw opportunity, and for a glorious period in the 1970s and1980s he seemed to have turned back the tide, basically through his ingenuity, hard work and sheer determination."

Inflected Forms

sunset industries (plural)

Antonyms

sunrise industry

Questions

What does sunset industry mean?: A type of business that is obsolescent.

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