degraded
adjective
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/ / [dɪˈɡɹeɪɾɪd] / /dɪˈɡɹæɪdɪd/
adj
Etymology: degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
“The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.”
- Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
“The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana”
- Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
“A Cross degraded Fitchee.”
“Ar. a cross, degraded, sa.”
- Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
verb
Etymology: degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).
- simple past and past participle of degrade