Slowdown
noun
A reduction or decrease in speed or rate.
There has been a slowdown in the economy because of pandemic.
Often appears as...
- economic slowdown
- global slowdown
noun
A reduction or decrease in efficiency or productivity.
The slowdown in productivity has resulted due to the lack of resources.
Often appears as...
- productivity slowdown
- slowdown in progress
noun
A reduction in business or economic activity.
The financial slowdown has affected the jobs of millions of people.
Often appears as...
- financial slowdown
- economic slowdown
noun
A reduction or decrease in speed or rate.
There has been a slowdown in the economy because of pandemic.
Often appears as...
- economic slowdown
- global slowdown
noun
A reduction or decrease in efficiency or productivity.
The slowdown in productivity has resulted due to the lack of resources.
Often appears as...
- productivity slowdown
- slowdown in progress
noun
A reduction in business or economic activity.
The financial slowdown has affected the jobs of millions of people.
Often appears as...
- financial slowdown
- economic slowdown
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Speed
Slowdown can imply broader impacts than just reduced speed, like delays in plans or progress.
The project faced a slowdown after the lead designer fell ill.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Slowdowns are often seen as temporary and not permanent failures.
The market slowdown is expected to recover by next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
When speaking about a slowdown in personal contexts, it can suggest disappointment or concern.
She experienced a slowdown in motivation after the contest.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Speed
Slowdown can imply broader impacts than just reduced speed, like delays in plans or progress.
The project faced a slowdown after the lead designer fell ill.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Slowdowns are often seen as temporary and not permanent failures.
The market slowdown is expected to recover by next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
When speaking about a slowdown in personal contexts, it can suggest disappointment or concern.
She experienced a slowdown in motivation after the contest.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Speed
Slowdown can imply broader impacts than just reduced speed, like delays in plans or progress.
The project faced a slowdown after the lead designer fell ill.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Slowdowns are often seen as temporary and not permanent failures.
The market slowdown is expected to recover by next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
When speaking about a slowdown in personal contexts, it can suggest disappointment or concern.
She experienced a slowdown in motivation after the contest.
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Why the @#$ is there so...
Drivers tend not to realize they need to break far in advance of a traffic jam, which means they end up having to brake harder to avoid a collision. This strengthens the wave of braking from vehicle to vehicle. What’s more, drivers tend to accelerate too rapidly out of a slowdown, meaning they try to drive faster
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Are athletes really...
that stole far more energy from his legs than the synthetic tracks of today. So I consulted biomechanics experts to find out how much slower it is to run on cinders than synthetic tracks, and their consensus that it's one and a half percent slower. So if you apply a one and a half percent slowdown conversion
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Watch the Total Solar...
seven milliseconds less than everybody else on earth yes I'm younger than I would have otherwise been you might have noticed you know you went back in time also wait so you're really go back in time but time slowed down slow down right that's a better rate of so not only did time slowdown for you
Video examples
Why the @#$ is there so...
Drivers tend not to realize they need to break far in advance of a traffic jam, which means they end up having to brake harder to avoid a collision. This strengthens the wave of braking from vehicle to vehicle. What’s more, drivers tend to accelerate too rapidly out of a slowdown, meaning they try to drive faster
Video examples
Are athletes really...
that stole far more energy from his legs than the synthetic tracks of today. So I consulted biomechanics experts to find out how much slower it is to run on cinders than synthetic tracks, and their consensus that it's one and a half percent slower. So if you apply a one and a half percent slowdown conversion
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
seven milliseconds less than everybody else on earth yes I'm younger than I would have otherwise been you might have noticed you know you went back in time also wait so you're really go back in time but time slowed down slow down right that's a better rate of so not only did time slowdown for you
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Quote examples
Joe Biden
American President
You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
Along with the rise of inequality, the slowdown in productivity growth, and the shrinking of the middle class, the spiraling cost of living has become a central facet of American economic life.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.
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Pankaj Patel
Indian Businessman
During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
In everybody's career there comes a moment when there is slowdown but one has to have that conviction and belief in themselves.
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Edgar Fiedler
American Economist
To qualify as a recession, economic activity must decline in an absolute sense; a mere slowdown in real growth is not enough.
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Nancy Pelosi
American Politician
I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.
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Marek Belka
Polish Economist
We do see significant signs of a slowdown, in the economy worldwide.
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Joe Biden
American President
You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.
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S. Jay Olshansky
American Scientist
If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
Along with the rise of inequality, the slowdown in productivity growth, and the shrinking of the middle class, the spiraling cost of living has become a central facet of American economic life.
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Mitt Romney
American Politician
Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.
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Pankaj Patel
Indian Businessman
During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
In everybody's career there comes a moment when there is slowdown but one has to have that conviction and belief in themselves.
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Edgar Fiedler
American Economist
To qualify as a recession, economic activity must decline in an absolute sense; a mere slowdown in real growth is not enough.
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Nancy Pelosi
American Politician
I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.
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Marek Belka
Polish Economist
We do see significant signs of a slowdown, in the economy worldwide.
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