Definition of degraded
1 : reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct
2 : characterized by degeneration of structure or function
degradedly
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Examples of degraded in a Sentence
many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded, drunken celebration
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Thousands who gave the last full measure of the devotion, to borrow the words of President Abraham Lincoln, had found themselves in a degraded final resting place at Poplar Grove.
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