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shrinkflates

shrinkflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shrinkflate.

Meaning of shrinkflate

Verb

shrinkflate (third-person singular simple present shrinkflates, present participle shrinkflating, simple past and past participle shrinkflated)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To make a product smaller while continuing to market it at the same price.
    • Lately, Mr. Dworsky has had his work cut out for him. With inflation at a 40-year high, business owners have been increasingly shrinkflating their products in an attempt to hide price increases.2022 November 26, Clare Toeniskoetter, “Meet the Man on a Mission to Expose Sneaky Price Increases”, in The New York Times

Questions about shrinkflates

What is shrinkflates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shrinkflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shrinkflate.

Words near shrinkflates in the dictionary

  1. shrinketh
  2. shrinkette
  3. shrinkettes
  4. shrinkflate
  5. shrinkflated
  6. shrinkflates
  7. shrinkflating
  8. shrinkflation
  9. shrinkier
  10. shrinkiest
  11. shrinking

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