depressionlike

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English

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Etymology

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From depression +‎ -like.

Adjective

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depressionlike (comparative more depressionlike, superlative most depressionlike)

  1. (economics) Resembling a depression
    • 2009 March 4, David Leonhardt, “Job Losses Show Breadth of a Recession”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      El Centro has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, a depressionlike 22.6 percent.
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