precipitous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for precipitous
Synonyms
cursory, drive-by, flying, gadarene, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, hurried, overhasty, pell-mell, precipitate, rash, rushed
Antonyms
deliberate, unhurried, unrushed
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Religious schools in the Northeast are among those that have seen the most precipitous drop in enrollment over the past decade. — Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, "Hellenic College Holy Cross at risk of losing accreditation," 7 Aug. 2019 This meteoric rise and precipitous drop, experts say, is largely due to the demise of Wow Air, the ultra-low-cost airline with all-purple planes based in Reykjavik. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, "Iceland's Tourism Numbers Are Dropping—And Wow Air Is to Blame," 2 Aug. 2019 There is widespread bewilderment about the cause of the precipitous drop in demand. — Kirk Semple, New York Times, "Mexican Opium Prices Plummet, Driving Poppy Farmers to Migrate," 7 July 2019 The new exams caused overall pass rates to dip in Fairfax, but black and Hispanic students experienced the most precipitous drops in scores, widening a gap that has not closed. — Washington Post, "Report: Racial disparities persist on test scores, hiring and discipline in Virginia’s largest school system," 30 June 2019 But still, that's a precipitous 36.4% drop from the program's peak attendance year in 2011, when Louisiana-Lafayette averaged a Sun Belt-record 29,171. — nola.com, "$2 beers! $1 hot dogs! Louisiana Lafayette football sets new standard for concession prices," 29 June 2019 Google’s reputation fell 13 spots in Harris’ most recent poll issued in 2019, one of most precipitous declines in the survey. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "Watch out, Google, Amazon, and Facebook: the Justice Department just launched a major antitrust review," 23 July 2019 The decline in the number of students reading the subject has not been as precipitous as in America. — The Economist, "The study of history is in decline in Britain," 18 July 2019 In four of the past six years, Pujols’ hit below .200 against the Astros, mirroring his precipitous decline overall. — Los Angeles Times, "Angels veteran Albert Pujols an asset on the bases despite lacking speed," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'precipitous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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