Vocabulary
Slump
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
Urdu meaning
پھسل جانا، گراوٹ، سردبازاری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- t/ ~1 HE slump in large-scale manufacturing amidst the adjustments the economy is forced to make in order to s stay afloat comes as no surprise.
- Therefore, it is advisable to move with the times as suppressing social patterns will not be easy, especially in an economic slump.
- Covid-19, the global slump, floods, political instability and rupee depreciation have also caused a deep dent in recent years, although our economic mismanagement goes far beyond these catastrophes.
- And the world that has pulled the country through every slump is crumbling with increasing speed each year.
- All theresourcesrequiredtopullthiscountry out of its slump are right here, within the country.
Synonyms
sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside, sag, slouch
Antonyms
stand up, sit up
Curator example
“she slumped against the cushions”
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