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(economics) Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable..
America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.
It’s called “Tinkle Down Economics,” how prosperity gets passed on to the deserving, who should never look up during these troubled times.
Use tinkle-down when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tinkle-down means (economics) Modification of the term "trickle-down" to criticize what is felt to be the failings of the latter, with implication that what might be passed down from the rich to the poor is minimal or undesirable..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
America has been practicing “tinkle-down” economics for years, and it has failed us.
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