doldrum

Translation

n. a state of inactivity or stagnation.
Word Forms
Pluraldoldrums

Phrases & Collocations

in a doldrum

economic doldrum

escape the doldrums

creative doldrum

Example Sentences

The company is in the doldrums due to poor management.

The economy is stuck in a doldrum.

They are trying to navigate through the doldrums of the pandemic.

The team needs to break free from the doldrums and innovate.

The project has been in a doldrum for months.

She felt stuck in a doldrum in her career.

The market is experiencing a doldrum in sales.

The team needs to find a way out of the doldrums.

The company is struggling to overcome the doldrums of the recession.

The industry is facing a doldrum in terms of innovation.

Real-world Examples

We were weeks in the doldrums.

Source: Go blank axis version

In his remarks, he spoke of a new era and lifting Brazil out of the economic doldrums.

Source: NPR News May 2016 Compilation

But when he took over the Labour party, they were really in the doldrums.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

And Labour has been very in the doldrums in Teesside for quite some time.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Don't let negative thoughts drag you down. Use these tips to shake off the doldrums and get back to living a happy, healthy life.

Source: Healthy little secrets

The Press, becalmed in the doldrums of the silly season, leaped to movement at so unhoped-for a wind.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Upper)

Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of southern Africa and all of Africa but right now is in the doldrums of poverty.

Source: CCTV Observations

After a long period in the doldrums, the sails of the ship of physics are rustling in the breeze.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

But the currency can also strengthen when the world's largest economy is in the doldrums, since a depressed American economy is a threat to global financial stability.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

There, in the doldrums, the air didn't actually stop moving, it just headed upwards, heat rising to make way for the denser air flowing in from both sides.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

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