disinvestment

noun dis·in·vest·ment \ ˌdis-in-ˈves(t)-mənt \

Definition of disinvestment

:consumption of capital; also :the withdrawing of investment

Recent Examples of disinvestment from the Web

Behaviors and attitudes that follow frustrations from lack will lead to higher crime, further disinvestment and require more resources than are available.

— charlotteobserver, "Charlotte’s District 2 City Council candidates give their views on 4 key issues," 23 Aug. 2017
The coming decades brought white flight and disinvestment, starting with the loss of manufacturing jobs in the 1970s and '80s, followed by the foreclosure crisis, evictions and tax delinquencies of today.

— john diedrich, jsonline.com, "'No face, no case': How one man tried to permanently silence the witnesses to his crimes," 18 Aug. 2017
Lindsay Thompson, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School, said the public financing helps address longstanding disinvestment in the community.

— yvonne wenger, baltimoresun.com, "Nonprofit aims to breathe new life into vacant East Baltimore warehouse," 25 June 2017
The negative effects of sharp disinvestment now might not be clear for decades, longer than the careers of most policymakers, industry leaders or researchers.

— meg urry, CNN, "Trump's proposed STEM budget cuts a grave mistake," 7 June 2017
The AHCA’s disinvestment in mental-health and substance-abuse services would also have major effects on the places that tend to provide care.

— vann r. newkirk ii, The Atlantic, "How the American Health Care Act Would Affect Mental-Health Coverage," 26 May 2017
However, some South Side residents expressed concern to board members for any cutbacks in service to areas which already have seen disinvestment and have high unemployment.

— mary wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, "Metra Electric would boost service at Hyde Park stops under proposal," 24 May 2017
There’s actually been a disinvestment in the public schools ... because there’s no vision on how to re-invest and reinvigorate those schools.

— gail cornwall, The Atlantic, "How Central Park Could Fix Public Education," 4 May 2017
The uprising, Young now realizes, was the culmination of a downward spiral in South Los Angeles that started 20 years earlier with the rise of white flight, disinvestment and gangs.

— Washington Post, "Reflections on a riot: LA recalls Rodney King 25 years on," 26 Apr. 2017

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