Meaning of sunset industry | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of business that is obsolescent.

Examples

“Yet, the negative image one hears at present is not of a "sweatshop industry" but of a "sunset industry."”

“It may be mature but it's not a sunset industry, and arguably not one sector.”

“But a traditional industry is not a sunset industry. The textile industry is both an old industry and an evergreen industry.”

“But where others saw a sunset industry, David Alliance saw opportunity, and for a glorious period in the 1970s and1980s he seemed to have turned back the tide, basically through his ingenuity, hard work and sheer determination.”

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