degraded
Meanings
adj
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
- Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
verb
- simple past and past participle of degrade
Pronunciation
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Etymology
degrade + -ed. See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).
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