no-growth

[noh-grohth, noh-grohth]

adjective

1. failing to or unlikely to grow; showing a lack of progress or development.

   a no-growth industry.

2. restricting or prohibiting growth or expansion.

   a no-growth policy; no-growth rulings.

noun

1. a policy or practice of curtailing growth, expansion, or development.

   After expanding too rapidly, the city is now in favor of no-growth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of no-growth¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Japan can’t afford to waste money on no-growth gimmicks when debt is above 200% of GDP and debt service and old-age pensions consume a combined 58% of the budget.

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But the truth is that even the state’s slow- or no-growth communities have effectively chained themselves to the idea that growth will pay for everything.

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At a time when no-growth and slow-growth initiatives helped shaped politics in Orange County, Murphy was able to walk the line between meeting residents’ demands for more urban parks and the growing need for housing.

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The longer-term challenge is that the economy does seem stuck in a no-growth trap.

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Investors will closely monitor euro zone's retail sales print due at 0900 GMT, with numbers expected to tick higher by 0.2% in May compared with a no-growth phase in the prior month.

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