downbeat
Example Sentences
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In October, the company issued a downbeat outlook for this year, citing a hit from a slowdown in customers’ adapting its new products.
Others including Home Depot and Target have recently delivered downbeat figures and projections that suggest shoppers have turned more cautious.
Despite the film’s downbeat subject matter and its grim finale, watching “Rosemead” isn’t as wholly depressing as it may sound.
From Los Angeles Times
The second part of the season was littered with similarly downbeat comments, always uttered in the heat of the moment when the adrenaline was still pumping after a difficult time out on track.
From BBC
But many Americans remain downbeat on the economy.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
