English-Finnish translations for chronic

• krooninen
  Tilanne maassani on siis krooninen. So the situation in my country is chronic.
  Kuitenkin kaikkialla Euroopassa on edelleen havaittavissa krooninen taitopula. However, across Europe we still face a chronic skills crisis.
  Muuten lyhytaikaisia epätasapainoja seuraa krooninen vaje. Otherwise, short-term imbalances will be followed by chronic deficits.

Definition of chronic

• Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time
• Prolonged or slow to heal
• Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal
• Inveterate or habitual
• Very bad, awful
• Extremely serious
• Good, great; "wicked
• Marijuana, typically of high quality
• A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease

Examples

• chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
• chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
• Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition
• Hes a chronic smoker
• That concert was chronic
• They left him in a chronic condition
• That was cool, chronic in fact

Related words

• chronicle
• chronically
• Chronicles
• chronicling
• chronicled
• synchronic
• chronicler
• chronicity
• diachronic