falloff
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The team's performance showed a noticeable falloff after the key player's injury.
Definition
- Noun:
- A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality: A significant decline or reduction in how well something functions or its standard.
- A gradual slack in output or activity: A lessening or decrease in the amount produced or in the level of engagement.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The company reported a sharp falloff in sales during the third quarter.
- There has been a noticeable falloff in the quality of their customer service.
- After the initial excitement, a falloff in public interest was inevitable.
Advanced Usage
- "to experience a falloff": To undergo a decline.
- The industry experienced a significant falloff after the new regulations were introduced.
- "a falloff from [something]": A decline compared to a previous state or standard.
- The new model showed a falloff from the durability of its predecessor.
Variants and Related Words
- Drop-off (noun): A decline or decrease; often used interchangeably with "falloff".
- We observed a drop-off in website traffic.
- Slump (noun): A sudden severe fall in performance, value, or activity.
- The economy is in a slump.
- Deterioration (noun): The process of becoming progressively worse.
- The deterioration of the old building was evident.
Synonyms
- Decline: A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.
- Decrease: An instance of becoming smaller or fewer.
- Downturn: A decline in economic, business, or other activity.
- Reduction: The action of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Related Phrases
- Fall off (phrasal verb): To decrease in amount, quality, or intensity.
- Demand for the product tends to fall off in the winter months.
- Fall off sharply/dramatically/steadily: To decline in a specified manner.
- Attendance at the club fell off sharply after the price increase.
Related Idioms
- Fall by the wayside: To fail to persist in an endeavor or activity; to drop out.
- Many of our initial volunteers fell by the wayside, leading to a falloff in productivity.
The team's performance showed a noticeable falloff after the key player's injury.
Noun
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- the team went into a slump
- a gradual slack in output
- a drop-off in attendance
- a falloff in quality