degraded

Example Sentences

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The GCT described the giant tortoises as "ecosystem engineers" and said they played an "outsized role in restoring degraded ecosystems" because of the way their activity shapes landscapes.

From BBC

By modeling how radiation gradually destroys organic molecules, they calculated how much material would have existed before being degraded.

From Science Daily

Agency chief Mike Burgess said a "complex, challenging and changing security environment is becoming more dynamic, diverse and degraded".

From Barron's

But it was better, I figured, to have Ronnie a little peeved than to have me a whole lot damaged and degraded, just because I’d let my guard down for three and one-third seconds.

From Literature

This diluted version of Hemingway has inevitably degraded the reputation of the original.

From The Wall Street Journal