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K-shaped

K-shaped adjective: shaped like the letter "K" or its mirror image.

Adjective

K-shaped (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like the letter "K" or its mirror image.
  2. Characterized by increasing disparity; inequitable.
    • K-shaped economy
    • In April 2020, at the very start of the pandemic, economist Peter Atwater came up with an easy way to describe what this divide feels like to Americans: a K-shaped economy. A small few are on the upper part of the “K”, while most Americans feel as if they’re sliding down on the bottom side of the...2025 December 7, Lauren Aratani, “The K-shaped Christmas: wealthy few drive holiday spending splurge while many struggle to get by”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2026

Questions about K-shaped

What does K-shaped mean?
K-shaped means shaped like the letter "K" or its mirror image.
What part of speech is K-shaped?
K-shaped is an adjective.

Words near K-shaped in the dictionary

  1. K-rat
  2. K-ration
  3. K-rations
  4. K-Rod
  5. K-selection
  6. K-shaped
  7. K-spar
  8. K-spars
  9. K-State
  10. K-Stew
  11. k-style

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