degraded
Example Sentences
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Inspectors found the guard was in a "seriously degraded condition" with significant areas of mesh missing.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
And while the crisis is also etched in the island's "very degraded" football pitches, the World Cup "allows us to clear our minds for a while," he said with a smile.
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
Some said the degraded performance on AI development tasks will make evaluating or trusting model capabilities more difficult going forward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Restoration efforts over decades have helped degraded forests to recover, but the big change has come from the natural expansion of mangroves in many parts of the world following drops in deforestation.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Unique is a good example: a crisp and accurate word meaning “one of a kind,” now frequently degraded to merely “unusual.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing degraded
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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"Ellen West" by Frank Bidart
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