Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 7 compound words that contain sunk. The most common are listed below. Open sunk in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- sunk costA cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.
- sunk costs fallacyThe phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected …
- sunk costsplural of sunk cost: A cost that has already been incurred and which cannot be recovered to any significant degree.
- sunk fenceA ditch or watercourse.
- sunk uppast participle of sync up: To synchronize.
- sunk fencesplural of sunk fence: A ditch or watercourse.
- sunk costs fallaciesplural of sunk costs fallacy: The phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of …
- sunk or swumpast participle of sink or swim: To succeed through one's own efforts without support, or else fail completely.
Compound words 7
- unsunkNot having been sunk.
- countersunkpast participle of countersink: A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- heatsunkpast participle of heatsink: An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
- SunkaraA surname from Telugu.
- sunkersplural of sunker: A sunken rock, one not visible above the water.
- sunketsplural of sunket: A dainty or delicacy.
- sunkestsecond-person singular simple past indicative of sink