Adjective since the problem was not seen as emergent, implementation of the expensive solution for it was continually put off
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
This causes timing conflicts for applying pre-emergent weed control in the spring. Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022 Some of the bands that were associated with that world had an interest in more classical anarchism, which is actually emergent out of a 19th-century labor rights movement—which has very little to do with what was going on at Anarchapulco. Kate Knibbs, Wired, 15 Aug. 2022 Over the last two years emergent brands like Fly By Jing, Diaspora Co, and AYO Foods have become popular with consumers. Shayna Harris, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Like traffic, complex adaptive systems are constituted by many independent elements or agents, leading to emergent outcomes that are often difficult—or impossible—to predict simply by looking at the individual interactions. Shideh Bina, Fortune, 21 July 2022 Only in the early 2000s did the trend pick up more widely at supermarkets, which were looking to cut costs during the 2001 recession and faced stiff competition from emergent superstores and warehouse clubs. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 9 July 2022 The only way to beat the invasive seed bank would be to use a pre-emergent herbicide. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2022 Apply a pre-emergent herbicide to prevent winter weeds. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2022 Herbicide products that prevent seeds from germinating are called pre-emergent. Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 9 Feb. 2022
Noun
Taylor said a pre-emergent isn’t an option in public lands, but that spot treating stands will help keep it in check. Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020 In the spring, apply the pre-emergents for crabgrass, grassburs and other summer grassy annuals about two weeks prior to the average date of your last killing freeze for your part of the state, with a follow-up treatment 90 days later. Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 6 Sep. 2019 By then the pre-emergent will be gone from the soil. Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2018 Apply a pre-emergent, like Preen, around the bushes to keep down the weeds until mulch is reapplied in late May. Hot temperatures will require a regular watering program and Kentucky rain is never enough. Janet Miller, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Latin emergent-, emergens, present participle of emergere