depressed area

American  

noun

1. a region where unemployment and a low standard of living prevail.

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Etymology

Origin of depressed area

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“It’s kind of a depressed area of Medford, and they’ve been able to make that a place people want to go,” Stine said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

The Lukoil-owned site in Sicily refines a fifth of Italy's crude and directly employs about 1,000 people in an economically depressed area.

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022

Macron headed Monday to an economically depressed area of northern France where a majority of voters had chosen Le Pen, close to her electoral stronghold of Henin-Beaumont.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2022

The centrist Macron is heading to an economically depressed area of northern France where a majority of voters chose Le Pen, close to her electoral stronghold of Henin-Beaumont.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022

In the extreme west, which is as yet but slightly explored and settled, there is an extensive depressed area, largely saline in character, which drains into lakes and morasses, having no outlet to the ocean.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various