lost decade
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflostanddecade
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lost
adjective
uk/lɒst/us/lɑːst/
not knowing where you are and how to get to ...
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decade
noun[C]
uk/ˈdek.eɪd/us/ˈdek.eɪd/
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 ...
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(Definition oflostanddecadefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflost decade
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The second from 1980 to 1988, which corresponds to the so-called 'lostdecade', when productivity declined.
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Surely not anotherlostdecadefocusing on the wrong kind of reforms?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Not doing this may lead to anotherlostdecade, a lasting halt to growth and mass unemployment.
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The 1990s will not be any better than thelostdecadeof the 1980s unless substantial and comprehensive debt relief is achieved.
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It is also a fact that, for many developing countries, the 1980s were alostdecade.
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For the world's poorest countries the past 10 years have been alostdecade.
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Let me remind you that during the time when people were speaking of alostdecade, the flight of capital was quite substantial.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, it was not alostdecadein terms of democratic development.
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For the poor in these countries, the 1980s was alostdecade.
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The 1980s became known as thelostdecade, and its problems spilled over into the 1990s.
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This game would prove to be the beginning of what would come to be known as thelostdecade.
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Alternative terms for long periods of underperformance include depression andlostdecade; compare also malaise.
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