degraded
Americanadjective
-
reduced in rank, position, reputation, etc..
He felt degraded by the trivial tasks assigned to him.
-
reduced in quality or value; debased; vulgarized.
the degraded level of the modern novel.
Other Word Forms
- degradedly adverb
- degradedness noun
- undegraded adjective
Etymology
Origin of degraded
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; degrade, -ed 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It underscores how much last June’s attack had degraded Iran’s capacity to compete in the skies or mount a major retaliatory response.
To be sure, the competitive value of these stocks, or their moats, has been degraded and in some cases largely wiped away by AI, he says.
From MarketWatch
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
