slow period
Business doldrums phase
A slow period is a stretch of time when activity, business, or productivity drops below normal levels.
Retail stores brace for slow periods after the holidays.
The phrase applies broadly—restaurants have slow periods between lunch and dinner, careers have slow periods between projects.
We use the slow period to catch up on training.
- lullTemporary period of quiet
- slumpExtended period of decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- lean timesPeriod of financial hardship
- quietLacking in sound
doldrums · dry spell · drought · slack · offseason · off peak · hibernation · standstill · dead calm · crawl · drag · stagnation · waiting · limbo · idle · pause · time out · cooling off
- off-season traveloff-peak, off-season, shoulder season, winter rates
- off-peakoff-hours, off-season, low season, off-peak fare, shoulder season
- breaksbreak, crack, pause, fracture, shatter
slow periodrush
Quick sudden movement
peak period · busy season · crunch time · rush hour · frenzy
slow periodboom
Loud deep sound
peak season · busy season · high season · bull market · economic upturn
slow, period, slows, slowed, slowing, slower, slowest, slowly, slowness