degraded
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
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- Letters
- 8
/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/
(UK)
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/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/ (UK) · /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪd/ (US) · [dɪˈɡɹeɪɾɪd] (US) · /dɪˈɡɹæɪdɪd/ · [dɪˈɡɹæɪɾɪd]
Definition of degraded
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
“The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.”
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adj
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Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
“The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.”
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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”
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(not-comparable)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.”
“Argent, a cross degraded and conjoined, (or issuing from eight degrees,) sable. WYNT-WORTH.”
- Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of degrade
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).
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