depressing
depressing is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, depressing is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofdepressing
- To press down.
Example: "Depress the upper lever to start the machine."
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
Example: "Winter depresses me."
- To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Example: "Lower productivity will eventually depress wages."
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- Causing depression or sadness.
Example: "The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off."
- Causing a reduction in economic activity.
Example: "The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry."
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