degraded

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/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

  1. 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

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

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of degrade

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Etymology

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

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