Meaning of lost decade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A period of economic stagnation, originally referring to Japan in the 1990s (later extended to the 2000s and sometimes the 2010s).
2. Alternative letter-case form of lost decade.
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Examples

“Japan's stagnant “lost decades” of the 1990s and 2000s, while relatively comfortable for millions of Japanese and even enviable to other countries around the world, have⟳ left an indelibly negative mark⟳.”

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