Originally Posted by
duvie
United: Bad management, descent growth potential
Nice Freudian slip. According to Webster:
descent
One entry found for descent.
Main Entry: de·scent
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2 : the act or process of
descending
3 :
a step downward in a scale of gradation; specifically : one generation in an ancestral line or genealogical scale
4 a : an
inclination downward : SLOPE b : a descending way (as a downgrade or stairway) c obsolete : the lowest part
5 a : ATTACK, INVASION b : a sudden disconcerting appearance (as for a visit)
6 :
a downward step (as in station or value) : DECLINE
<descent of the family to actual poverty>