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deteriorating
adjective as in crumbly
adjective as in decaying
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in retrograde
adjective as in scrubby
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in shabby
Strongest matches
adjective as in tatty
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
Example Sentences
Faced with the deteriorating situation, the United States and the United Kingdom announced two weeks ago the withdrawal of their non-essential personnel from Mali, and several embassies have asked their citizens to leave the country.
In the chemical and metal sectors in particular, analysts’ confidence is deteriorating, and the banking and insurance industry also reports declining sentiment compared with October, the survey said.
Instead of deteriorating, it becomes significantly more capable, outperforming other known materials by a wide margin.
The real risk threshold is sustained large outflows forcing the fund to sell holdings at bad times to meet redemptions, or credit conditions deteriorating so fast the managers can’t get ahead of it.
Faced with the deteriorating situation, the United States and United Kingdom announced they were withdrawning non-essential personnel from Mali at the end of October.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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