Definitions for boom-and-bust

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boom-and-bust boom-and-bust

Spelling: [boom-uh n-buhst]

IPA: /ˈbum ənˈbʌst/

Boom-And-Bust is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 680 anagrams from letters in boom-and-bust (--abbdmnoostu).

Definitions for boom-and-bust

adjective

1. characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.

Origin of boom-and-bust

First recorded in 1940-45

Examples for boom-and-bust

Barely 20 years ago, Brazil was a drowsy, underperfoming Third World nation, plagued by hyperinflation and boom-and-bust growth.