in terminal decline

phrase

British

: getting worse without any chance to improve

The business is in terminal decline.

Examples of in terminal decline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One could be forgiven for concluding that the physical store is in terminal decline. — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026

And even with a recession to date, English teams’ spending is hardly in terminal decline and still trounces that of all other nations. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Some scientists think the species was in terminal decline long before human hunting and competition from dingos pushed them out of mainland Australia. — Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

The Traitors is a timely reminder of the potency of event television when there is so much handwringing about the medium being in terminal decline. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2026

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