hard landing


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hard landing
noun
  • 1 an uncontrolled landing in which a spacecraft crashes on to the surface of a planet or moon.
  • 2 the slowing down of economic growth at an unacceptable degree relative to inflation and unemployment.
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