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flatline

verb

flat·​line ˈflat-ˌlīn How to pronounce flatline (audio)
flatlined; flatlining; flatlines

intransitive verb

1
a
: to register on an electronic monitor as having no brain waves or heartbeat
b
: die
2
a
: to be in a state of no progress or advancement
b
: to come to an end
flatliner noun

Example Sentences

the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over
Recent Examples on the Web On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs economists forecast that home prices will flatline, with 0% growth in 2023. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2022 With no further policy, the country’s emissions are projected to flatline or modestly fall from that level. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022 Democrats couldn’t have predicted many of the crises that have caused the Biden presidency to flatline since late August of last year. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 June 2022 Indeed, Zandi is predicting the year-over-year rate of home price growth will flatline to 0% by this time next year. Fortune, 13 June 2022 Typically, markets flatline ahead of such consequential Fed meetings as investors hang on the sidelines until news breaks on Fed policy matters. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2022 The decline of oil investment goes against predictions the IEA made just last year in the same report, which forecasted global oil demand to flatline rather than peak in the next two decades, settling at 104.1 million barrels per day by 2040. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2021 Bank of America, for one, is now predicting stocks will largely flatline through next year. Anne Sraders, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2021 House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., has suggested Democrats might flatline defense instead of providing the small increase Biden requested, potentially distributing an extra $12 billion to nondefense programs. al, 14 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of flatline was in 1980

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