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depressed area
noun
- a region where unemployment and a low standard of living prevail.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of depressed area1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
The posterior portion has a slightly depressed area (see fig. 5B) at the junction of the "arms" of the Y.
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Typically, they contain a basin-shaped depressed area that is surrounded by a rim.
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At an early period this depressed area drained southward to the Colorado, and the bed of the old outlet can still be traced.
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In the depressed area beneath the archway, surface water had failed to run off.
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The circular depressed area was doubtless used as an Estufa, the place of religious meetings for men alone.
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