sunk
Definition of sunk
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past tense and past participle of sink
sunk
adjective
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Synonyms for sunk
Synonyms: Adjective
dead, done, done for, doomed, finished, kaput (also kaputt), ruined
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Examples of sunk in a Sentence
Adjective
all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunkRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The federal government essentially operates on a cash accounting system and these were a sunk cost. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, "Real World Economics: Weighing the value of what we spend," 18 Aug. 2019 The time one spends making a decision, whether or not to leave that relationship or grocery line, is not considered part of the sunk cost; only time invested after the decision is made is taken into account. — Maya Miller, Scientific American, "Why It’s So Hard to Junk Bad Decisions—Edging Closer to Understanding “Sunk Cost”," 12 July 2018 Sweis and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota were specifically interested in how sunk cost impacts decision-making—not just in humans, but in rats and mice, too. — Maya Miller, Scientific American, "Why It’s So Hard to Junk Bad Decisions—Edging Closer to Understanding “Sunk Cost”," 12 July 2018 Also, Wembley is not set up for American football, and Khan could renovate (putting in a sunk turf field underneath the soccer pitch, adding new locker rooms) to rectify that. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "By Buying Wembley, Is Shad Khan Setting the Stage for a Jaguars’ Move to London?," 26 Apr. 2018 Abate said that Public Squares won't be profiting from the record; there will be some sunk costs. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, "Cleveland rock band Public Squares releases square-shaped vinyl for Record Store Day," 20 Apr. 2018 In lieu of deep-sunk roots, Stephane Lauvergne gave his son a dream. — Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, "Spurs’ Lauvergne a real-life globetrotter," 8 Jan. 2018 Amazon has too many sunk costs here and Seattle offers too many advantages. — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, "Amazon’s second headquarters: Expect the unexpected," 7 Sep. 2017 The hitters showed up seven weeks into a sunk season. — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Hyde: It's up to Commissioner Rob Manfred to save the Marlins and baseball in South Florida | Commentary," 2 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sunk.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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