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UK
/slˈɪpɪdʒ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫɪpɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫɪpɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
-
failing to hold or slipping out of place
the knots allowed no slippage - decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
- a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
How To Use slippage In A Sentence
- He has become a victim of the 'gradual', the relativistic slippage of time between the islands. The Times Literary Supplement
- In a competitive market, the rest will follow to ensure there ‘is no slippage in their market position’, he said.
- But these are all slippages easily repaired with firm editorial control’.
- Any further slippage of the fiscal deficit in the medium term could lower the nation's stable credit outlook.
- the knots allowed no slippage
- The plan also involves strengthening measures for the bank, which slopes down to Markievicz Road, where there has been slippage.
- In a shower, be sure to have a bath mat to prevent slippage.
- Major slippages in body condition can lead to undesirable further problems next year.
- To avoid more slippage in regard to the time schedule, we would like to urge you to act accordingly.
- He didn't have any advice for keeping the feathers equally spread throughout the quilt all night though, apparently even those quilted into squares suffer from feather slippage.
