slippage

🇺🇸 /ˈslɪpɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈslɪpɪdʒ/
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noun
R

When you don't reach a goal or finish a task by the time you planned to.

The smallest slippage could delay completion of the project.

R

When something slowly gets smaller in amount, value, or quality over time.

There has been some slippage of support for the government’s policies.

translation

n. When you don't reach a goal or finish a task by the time you planned to.; When something slowly gets smaller in amount, value, or quality over time.

Word Forms

Plural slippages