boom-and-bust
[ boom-uhn-buhst ]
adjective
characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
Origin of boom-and-bust
1First recorded in 1940–45
- Also boom-or-bust.
Words Nearby boom-and-bust
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How to use boom-and-bust in a sentence
Barely 20 years ago, Brazil was a drowsy, underperfoming Third World nation, plagued by hyperinflation and boom-and-bust growth.
Get-rich schemes have endured on TV for more than 25 years, and have successfully survived several boom-and-bust cycles.
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