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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky