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degraded

adjective

de·​grad·​ed di-ˈgrā-dəd How to pronounce degraded (audio)
dē-
1
: reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct
2
: characterized by degeneration of structure or function
degradedly adverb

Example Sentences

many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded, drunken celebration
Recent Examples on the Web The Bonn Challenge, a partnership between Germany and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, aims to restore 860 million acres of degraded and deforested land by 2030, largely by increasing tree cover. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 Children and young adults are among the most vulnerable populations to climate change, and many hallmarks of the crisis, including extreme heat and degraded air quality, have been shown to make learning in schools more difficult. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 The degraded tracks were flagged two months ago in a report by the Federal Transit Administration, which is conducting a nearly-unprecedented safety review of the T. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 But as ProPublica and many others have shown, the ways in which private equity goes about this restructuring can raise a number of concerns, over such things as layoffs and furloughs for employees and degraded services for customers. Chris Morran, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2022 The landscapers removed the degraded grass entirely and then prepped and seeded. Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 Poseidon plans to restore a total of 125 acres of degraded coastal wetlands to a more natural state at two separate sites in the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge in South San Diego Bay, as a way of mitigating the plant’s impact on the environment. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 The perception of grasslands as degraded landscapes has largely kept them off international conservation agendas, says Karina Berg at the World Wide Fund for Nature. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 The more degraded actual life becomes on earth, the more fervently conservatives will fight to protect potential life in utero. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 16 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of degraded was in 1643

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