no-growth

[ adjective noh-grohth; noun 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

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

From BBC

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.

From Reuters

But, he said, "it didn't take into account differences between Nevada and slow- or no-growth states."

From Salon

Because a grid is only as strong as its weakest member, major improvements would require every local utility to make major investments despite the no-growth outlook.

From Washington Post

“When it comes down to it, California was going through a period where we had kind of had a no-growth movement,” Schwarzenegger told “The Next Revolution” with Steve Hilton.

From Fox News