"shrinkflate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shrinkflates [present, singular, third-person], shrinkflating [participle, present], shrinkflated [participle, past], shrinkflated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from shrinkflation. Equivalent to a blend of shrink + inflate. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|shrinkflation}} Back-formation from shrinkflation, {{blend|en|shrink|inflate|nocap=1}} blend of shrink + inflate Head templates: {{en-verb}} shrinkflate (third-person singular simple present shrinkflates, present participle shrinkflating, simple past and past participle shrinkflated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, economics, informal) To make a product smaller while continuing to market it at the same price. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-shrinkflate-en-verb-N20RYP1O Categories (other): English back-formations, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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