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sophomore slumps

sophomore slumps is the plural of sophomore slump.

Meaning of sophomore slump

Noun

sophomore slump (plural sophomore slumps)

  1. (Canada, US) The situation where a second effort fails to live up to the relatively high standards of the first.
  2. (Canada, US) A perceived loss of academic ability or decline in mental health in one's second year of high school.

Questions about sophomore slumps

What is sophomore slumps the plural of?
Sophomore slumps is the plural of sophomore slump.

Words near sophomore slumps in the dictionary

  1. sophomania
  2. sophomaniac
  3. sophomaniacs
  4. sophomore
  5. sophomore slump
  6. sophomore slumps
  7. sophomoreitis
  8. sophomores
  9. sophomoric
  10. sophomorical
  11. sophomorically

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