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sunken

How to use sunken in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sunken.

Editorial note

You don't have a sunken cost like with a normal rate hike. .

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Definitions1
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Quick take

having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sunken gathered in one view.

adjective

having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sunken.

adjective

having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

Example sentences

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You don't have a sunken cost like with a normal rate hike. .

2

And I hope 3 sunken boats isn't an indication of how this project is running.

3

I imagine in the dark he would have been too scared of not being able to find the way out in the cluttered sunken vessel.

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My favourite is the sunken ship packed with explosives in the Thames estuary. As it rusts, it could explode at any time, sending a small tidal wave up the river and into London.

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People tend to go further to justify the sunken cost. The Prime members become Amazon's captive audiences.

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America seems to have a lot of sunken cost fallacy. Once they've begun something it's easier to continue illegally than tear it all down.

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They ordered their dead troops back to life and "refloated" the sunken fleet. Then they instructed the enemy forces to look the other way as their marines performed amphibious landings.

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On the other hand, continuing to use something merely because you already paid money for it is a sunken costs fallacy. Use whatever works best for you, not whatever you already paid for.

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A good part of these statues are well above ground including their bodies, and we've known the sunken ones have bodies below the ground for several decades already. They've been excavating these statues for quite a while already.

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F2P means the ability to sample, no sunken cost besides a little bandwidth usage. It's better than demos were, because if the game is a winner, there's no transition hassle from demo to full product - you just keep on playing.

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I don't think this is something like "founder runs off with proprietary technology, undercuts product by stealing results of sunken R+D cost." I think it's just building a similar product at a lower price point, and hoping to drive volume.

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I once met a guy who swore blind that he and some friends had found a sunken greek galley while scuba-diving, and swagged an amphora or two of drinkable 2000-year-old wine before reporting the find.

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If you're developing to make money, that's pretty good deciding factor That's a pretty weak argument -- do the math, most apps on iTunes aren't even making up for sunken costs. Quite the contrary I would say, since the Android Marketplace is filled with crappy apps, you can create value quite easily.

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The barrier to entry is low from the perspective of sunken costs other than development time, being a purely creative endeavor that you can work on with mostly free software tools. However, the talent required to pull off a quality game and the time it takes are huge and only grow exponentially.

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You can actually see what fatigue, hopelessness, and sunken costs looks like on an person's face when someone asks them what "year" grad student they are, and it's revealed that it's been eight or more years working 80 hours a week and living off of ramen, going from department to department in search of free pizza. So being a doctoral candidate is in many ways like being upside down on your house.

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It's a shame that a company which spearheaded free availability to open source code has sunken to the point of encouraging proprietary installers and adware laden applications.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sunken in a sentence?

You don't have a sunken cost like with a normal rate hike. .

What does sunken mean?

having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"

What part of speech is sunken?

sunken is commonly used as adjective.