degraded — reduced in quality, value, or condition; damaged or deteriorated
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: reduced in quality, value, or condition; damaged or deteriorated
Pronunciation (IPA): /dɪˈɡreɪdɪd/
Korean meaning: 품질이나 가치가 떨어진, 악화된, 저하된
Korean pronunciation: 디**그레**이디드
Example Sentences
- My phone's battery life has seriously degraded since I started playing mobile games 24/7.
- The forest was degraded by illegal logging activities.
- His cooking skills have degraded so much that even his dog refuses to eat his food.
degraded
ADJECTIVE//dɪˈɡreɪdɪd//
reduced in quality, value, or condition; damaged or deteriorated
A degraded book deteriorates in an abandoned library with damaged pages
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Once-glorious towers fade, their splendor degraded — when beauty fades and hope is jaded, all that remains is graded decline
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Origin
From Latin 'degradare', meaning 'to reduce in rank or step down'. The word originally referred to being demoted from a position or rank, but has expanded to mean any deterioration in quality or condition.
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“My phone's battery life has seriously degraded since I started playing mobile games 24/7.”
“The forest was degraded by illegal logging activities.”
“His cooking skills have degraded so much that even his dog refuses to eat his food.”
“The video quality gets degraded when you compress the file too much.”
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