Chronic
chronic (adjective) - lasting for a long time
acute (adjective) - lasting for a short time (quickly becomes severe)
[Note: "chronic" and "acute" are antonyms (they have the opposite meaning)]
chronic problems
chronic unemployment
chronic poverty
chronic deficit
chronic economic problems
chronic levels of
chronic shortages
chronic lack of
chronic displays of
Example sentences:
* All the long-term chronic problems the firm faced have been solved.
* The border regions suffer from chronic unemployment.
* Chronic poverty is associated with high levels of infant mortality.
* The government has made continual demands for cash to finance its chronic deficit.
* There is no easy short term solution to Britain's chronic economic problems.
* Before the election the government made promises to tackle the chronic levels of unemployment that rural areas suffer.
* Zimbabwe has long suffered from chronic fuel and foreign exchange shortages that paralyze the economy.
* The students complained of the teacher's chronic lack of preparation.
* Chronic displays of ineffectiveness have continued to undermine confidence.
* She was a chronic shopaholic.
* The committee is searching for solutions to the chronic problems that plague the company.
* Cancer is a chronic illness.
Rewrite the following groups of words into sentences:
a. city the problems chronic had
b. chronic suffered economy from the deficit a
c. unemployment region the chronic plagued
d. a patient from suffered the chronic salt of lack
e. chronic we poverty solution a need to
Now think about your own life experience and produce some sentences with chronic.
