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degraded

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/ / [dɪˈɡɹeɪɾɪd] / /dɪˈɡɹæɪdɪd/

adj

Etymology: degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

  1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

    The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.

verb

Etymology: degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

  1. simple past and past participle of degrade
degraded — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony