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lost decades

lost decades is the plural of lost decade.

Meaning of lost decade

Noun

lost decade (plural lost decades)

  1. A period of economic stagnation, originally referring to Japan in the 1990s (later extended to the 2000s and sometimes the 2010s).
    • Japan's stagnant “lost decades” of the 1990s and 2000s, while relatively comfortable for millions of Japanese and even enviable to other countries around the world, have left an indelibly negative mark.2023 September 23, Leo Lewis, “It takes a village”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

Questions about lost decades

What is lost decades the plural of?
Lost decades is the plural of lost decade.

Words near lost decades in the dictionary

  1. lost control
  2. lost count
  3. Lost Creek
  4. Lost Dakota
  5. lost decade
  6. lost decades
  7. lost errand
  8. lost errands
  9. lost face
  10. lost for words
  11. Lost Forty

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