Associations to the word «Sunk»

Wiktionary

SUNK, verb. Past participle of sink
SUNK COST, noun. (economics) A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.
SUNK COSTS, noun. Plural of sunk cost

Dictionary definition

SUNK, adjective. Doomed to extinction.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats