Sunk (Adjective)
Meaning
Doomed to extinction.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dinosaur species was a sunk genus that became extinct millions of years ago.
- Several species of dodos have become sunk to extinction after being overhunted.
- When its primary source of food was eliminated the plant-eating species became a sunk group of creatures.
- Any tree that failed to adapt quickly became a sunk plant unable to sustain its survival.
- Following massive changes to the Earth's atmosphere some plant and animal groups had become a sunk biological phenomenon forever doomed.