K-shaped

English Adjective - en possessional shaped like the letter "K" or its mirror image. en Characterized by increasing disparity; inequitable. en a K-shaped recovery en-GB Lauren Aratani The K-shaped Christmas: wealthy few drive holiday spending splurge while many struggle to get by w:The Guardian 2025-12-07 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/07/stock-prices-fuel-christmas-us-economy 0261-3077 In April 2020, at the very start of the pandemic, economist Peter Atwater came up with an easy way to describe what this divide feels like to Americans: a K-shaped economy. A small few are on the upper part of the “K”, while most Americans feel as if they’re sliding down on the bottom side of the letter. Chief executives of companies such as Delta, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s have pointed out the K-shaped gap they’re seeing in consumer behavior. https://web.archive.org/web/20260203042900/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/07/stock-prices-fuel-christmas-us-economy en Alex Harring Wealth inequality and the ‘K-shaped’ economy are more striking than ever, data shows w:CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/wealth-inequality-k-shaped-economy-united-states-consumer-spending-trump.html 2026-01-30 About two decades later, the structural break that created the K-shaped economy, as it’s now understood, was more clearly observed in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of the late 2000s, he said. https://web.archive.org/web/20260202043706/https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/wealth-inequality-k-shaped-economy-united-states-consumer-spending-trump.html Related terms en K-tool K-turn en 2-syllable words compound adjectives terms derived from the shape of letters en Shapes