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degrading

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verb

present participle of degrade
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as in reducing
to bring to a lower grade or rank the view that such a system degrades doctors to the status of medical employees who ultimately are not in charge of their patients' health care

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Recent Examples of degrading
Adjective
Drill sergeants now minimize their use of profanity, insults and degrading remarks and strive to become support figures for trainees. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025 Smoke can travel hundreds of miles, significantly degrading air quality and posing serious health risks, particularly for individuals with preexisting respiratory or other health conditions. Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
Flint Flint even says its batteries can work for a short period of time when lit with an open flame or damaged, ultimately degrading without causing a catastrophic event. New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025 Scripts degrading or becoming inaccessible could account for some of the disorientation caused by memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s. Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for degrading
Recent Examples of Synonyms for degrading
Adjective
  • But in March, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma, Wash., ruled for several long-serving transgender military members who say that the ban is insulting and discriminatory and that their firing would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations.
    Mark Sherman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But to suggest that the declining birth rate is largely a function of people not knowing how their bodies work is both insulting and ignorant of the real issue.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Conversely, by reducing the number of vehicles entering Manhattan, the initiative could dramatically transform the urban commuting experience.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Studies show these reforms—reducing minimum parking requirements, legalizing ADUs, and simplifying permitting processes—resulted in more housing.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Dahl’s relationship with the police department was deteriorating.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Retail experts saw a lack of investment in Hudson’s Bay stores, diminishing service levels and deteriorating physical conditions, like malfunctioning escalators and water damage in certain locations.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.
    Hrushikesh Deshmukh, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The woman, along with her legal team, painted a picture of a violent man whose abusive cycles included demeaning text messages, physical harm, and threats.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Luck and the university fired coach Troy Taylor last week after ESPN reported that he was twice investigated for his demeaning treatment of staffers — particularly women.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These attacks work by causing a software package to access the wrong component dependency, for instance by publishing a malicious package and giving it the same name as the legitimate one but with a later version stamp.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Moffett also said artificial intelligence isn’t driving an upgrade cycle as hoped, noting that there is weakening demand in China along with antitrust concerns.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • With high expectations for future new orders along with expanding current new orders, the outlooks for material handling and supply chain industries are positive, despite some weakening in the December MHI BAI report.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Segments of the online reaction was strong and immediate, with many disappointed in the experience, creating derogatory memes in response.
    Callum Booth, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Musk also mocked Navarro with a derogatory term for someone with a mental disability.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Degrading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degrading. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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