: marked by corruption or evil
a depraved attack
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the work of depraved minds
He acted with depraved indifference to human suffering.
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But, as Shackelford implies, one evil (hatred of Jews) cannot justify another — depraved indifference to the starvation of an entire population.
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
On Wednesday evening, a jury convicted the 29-year-old father, also named Shaquan Butler, of depraved indifference murder, assault and other charges for the boy’s death and for separate injuries inflicted on his younger brother.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2025
Everyone cosplays as a wasteland ravager, depraved, ugly, and dirty, talking about cannibalism and the brutality of all sorts.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
That's the sort of depraved conditions that drove those in detention there to ten days of hunger strike so far.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
On Wednesday evening, a jury convicted the 29-year-old father, also named Shaquan Butler, of depraved indifference murder, assault and other charges for the boy’s death and for separate injuries inflicted on his younger brother.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2025
Everyone cosplays as a wasteland ravager, depraved, ugly, and dirty, talking about cannibalism and the brutality of all sorts.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
That's the sort of depraved conditions that drove those in detention there to ten days of hunger strike so far.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Depraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depraved. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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depraved
adjective
de·praved
di-ˈprāvd 
: marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty
the depraved state of mind of the murderer
the depraved nature of the crime
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