sunset industry

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of business that is obsolescent.

    • Yet, the negative image one hears at present is not of a "sweatshop industry" but of a "sunset industry."
    • It may be mature but it's not a sunset industry, and arguably not one sector.
    • But a traditional industry is not a sunset industry. The textile industry is both an old industry and an evergreen industry.

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