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adjective

Definition of degeneratednext
as in deteriorated

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degenerated

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verb

past tense of degenerate
as in worsened
to become worse or of less value over the years the community-minded organization degenerated into a club for loafers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for degenerated
  1. deteriorated
  2. worsened
  3. crumbled
  4. contaminated
  5. descended
  6. tainted
Verb
  • As Putin kept stacking charges, the conditions of his imprisonment deteriorated.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
    Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of deteriorated
Verb
  • But that violence has worsened under Traore, according to experts and human rights watchdogs.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • As outcomes have worsened since that time, American life expectancy is now lower than that of Cuba, Lebanon and the Czech Republic.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of worsened
Verb
  • Houses floated away, while roads and bridges crumbled.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Continue reading … HOUSE OF SIN – Epstein accuser lifts the curtain on Diddy as his empire crumbled.
    Fox News, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of crumbled
Adjective
  • Most people who have a Salmonella infection start feeling sick within six hours to several days after consuming contaminated food.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • It’s transmitted by close contact with infected individuals, or by contact with contaminated objects.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of contaminated
Verb
  • Many of the displaced have descended on Beirut, Bawab said.
    Helena Skinner, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Its sister festival, Bourbon & Beyond, held the weekend prior, saw 210,000 attendees across its four days, including a record-breaking 60,000 fans who descended on the grounds on Saturday, which was headlined by Zach Bryan.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of descended
Adjective
  • But, despite its tainted origins, blood quantum is still a part of many tribes’ contemporary policies.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Doctors at the surgical center became wary of the tainted IV bags in August 2022 after an 18-year-old patient had to be rushed to the intensive care unit during a routine sinus surgery, the Justice Department said.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of tainted
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