depressed
Example Sentences
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Economists have said they believe missing data on housing-cost increases in October has artificially depressed estimates of how much those prices rose last year.
Profitability is depressed, but shares trade for about 0.15 times sales.
From Barron's
The company’s U.S. performance last quarter also benefited from comparisons with the previous year’s period, when the chain was grappling with an E. coli outbreak that depressed sales.
“Do you feel depressed? Because my mom has depression, and sometimes she stares at the wall while she’s in bed. Sorry. That sounded super depressing.”
From Literature
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At 15, I grew depressed about a lack of artistic stimulation in the Valley, and no longer could relate to my friends.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.