degraded
Example Sentences
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The Iranians, “by every measure, are degraded significantly across all measures of national power,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
According to the team, this represented an important confirmation that degraded collagen fragments were genuinely present inside the fossil.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The documents were badly degraded but the issue date on the passport was legible.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Rising sea levels and surging tides from increasingly powerful storms -- resulting in an increase in soil salinity -- have degraded agricultural lands, pushing people into tiger territory.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 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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