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sunset industry

sunset industry noun: a type of business that is obsolescent.

Noun

sunset industry (plural sunset industries)

  1. A type of business that is obsolescent.
    • Yet, the negative image one hears at present is not of a "sweatshop industry" but of a "sunset industry."1986, Morton Schoolman, Alvin Magid, Reindustrializing New York State: Strategies, Implications, Challenges, →ISBN, page 53
    • It may be mature but it's not a sunset industry, and arguably not one sector.2007, Philip Jenks, Stephen Eckett, The Harriman House Book of Investing Rules, →ISBN, page 50

Antonyms of sunset industry

Forms of sunset industry

pluralsunset industries

Questions about sunset industry

What does sunset industry mean?
Sunset industry means a type of business that is obsolescent.
What part of speech is sunset industry?
Sunset industry is a noun.
What is the plural of sunset industry?
The plural of sunset industry is sunset industries.

Words near sunset industry in the dictionary

  1. sunset crop
  2. sunset crops
  3. sunset flip
  4. sunset flips
  5. sunset industries
  6. sunset industry
  7. sunset law
  8. sunset laws
  9. sunset moth
  10. sunset orange
  11. sunset oranges

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