senescent

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se·nes·cent /səˈnesənt/ adjectiveadj technical

OLD/NOT YOUNGbecoming old and showing the effects of getting older 变老的，衰老的 SYN ageing

a senescent industry

衰落的行业

—senescence noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

senescent• Mr Lee seemed a gentleman, but senescent, and a gentleman from quite another, distant age.• Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2.• His brief was to convey coal as a developing rather than a senescent industry.• I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension.

From Longman Business Dictionary

senescentse·nes·cent /səˈnesənt/ adjectiveadj formal

getting older and showing the effects of this

Coal is often viewed as a senescent industry.

Origin senescent

(1600-1700) Latin present participle of senescere “to grow old”, from senex; → SENIOR1

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