decliners
People who refuse
Decliners are people or things that decline—those who refuse offers or invitations, or entities experiencing decrease.
In business contexts, decliners often refers to stocks or sectors losing value: Tech was among today's biggest decliners.
In surveys, decliners are respondents who chose not to participate.
Those who refuse acceptance
- abstainersThose who forgo indulgence
- non-respondersThose who stay silent
- opt-outsDecisions to withdraw
- holdoutsThose refusing to yield
dissenters · objectors · resisters · naysayers · refusers · withdrawers · dropouts · regrets
Expecting market decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- contractionReduction in size
- slowdownReduction in pace
stagnation · deflation · depression · unemployment · austerity · bankruptcy · foreclosure · insolvency
Gradual organic breakdown
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- regressionReturn to former state
- backslideRevert to bad habits
relapse · reversion · retrogression · worsening · degradation · devolution · slippage · erosion
To make smaller
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- waneDecrease gradually
wilt · wither · subside · lessen · fade · dwindle · languish · deteriorate
Reverse in progress
- defeatVictory over another
- failureLack of success
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
casualty · deprivation · forfeit · tragedy · downfall · reversal · disappointment · falling behind
rejecters
Those who refuse acceptance
- abstainersThose who forgo indulgence
- non-respondersThose who stay silent
- opt-outsDecisions to withdraw
holdouts · dissenters · objectors · resisters · naysayers · refusers · withdrawers · dropouts · regrets
bearish
Expecting market decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- contractionReduction in size
slowdown · stagnation · deflation · depression · unemployment · austerity · bankruptcy · foreclosure · insolvency · cutbacks
decay
Gradual organic breakdown
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- regressionReturn to former state
backslide · relapse · reversion · retrogression · worsening · degradation · devolution · slippage · erosion · fading
diminish
To make smaller
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- flagCloth symbol or signal
wane · wilt · wither · subside · lessen · fade · dwindle · languish · deteriorate · weaken
setback
Reverse in progress
- defeatVictory over another
- failureLack of success
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
hardship · casualty · deprivation · forfeit · tragedy · downfall · reversal · disappointment · falling behind · underperformance
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
- in declineGradually getting worse
- decline and fallGradual loss then collapse
- on the decline
- moral declineErosion of ethical standards
- gradual declineSlow downward trend
- mental decline