boom-and-bust

[ boom-uhn-buhst ]

/ ˈbum ənˈbʌst /

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adjective

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

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Also boom-or-bust.

Origin of boom-and-bust

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby boom-and-bust

Boolean operation, Boolean ring, Boolean sum, Boole's inequality, boom, boom-and-bust, boom box, boomer, boomerang, boomerang kid, Boomer State

How to use boom-and-bust in a sentence

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
There was a distant, dull boom in the air—a repeated heavy thud.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling