Slippery Slope Definition

noun
A course or situation regarded as easily or inevitably leading to further decline or deterioration.
Webster's New World
A tricky precarious situation, especially one that leads gradually but inexorably to disaster.
American Heritage

An argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion.

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Other Word Forms of Slippery Slope

Noun

Singular:
slippery slope
Plural:
slippery-slopes

Slippery Slope Sentence Examples

  • There we go again down the slippery slope of racial profiling.

  • Once the matter becomes one of preventative detention, an alarming slippery slope looms.

  • Scotland has started on the slippery slope toward tuition fees.

  • Is "tattling" on your supervisor a slippery slope?

  • You can stop yourself from getting into the slippery slope of debt.

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Words Starting With

SSLSLI

Words Ending With

EPEOPE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

Starts With S & Ends With EStarts With SL & Ends With EStarts With S & Ends With PE

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14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With S14 Letter Words Ending With E