trainwreck in slow motion

noun

A catastrophe wherein the failure is obvious to everybody while it is happening.

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Meanings

nountrainwreck in slow motion (plural trainwrecks in slow motion)

plural trainwrecks in slow motion

  1. figurativelyA catastrophe wherein the failure is obvious to everybody while it is happening.

Translations

Swedish tågkrasch i slow motion
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APA

trainwreck in slow motion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainwreck%20in%20slow%20motion

MLA

“trainwreck in slow motion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainwreck%20in%20slow%20motion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainwreck in slow motion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainwreck%20in%20slow%20motion.

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