as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
the depraved actions of a gang of madmen who had gained control of an entire nation
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as in perverted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole
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Recent Examples of depraved
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
The takeaway, then, isn’t that students are duplicitous and depraved or that technology has eroded their moral core.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Appearing to have found her depraved people, Winifried vows to claim legitimacy by becoming a member of the Pounds family and making Miss Lamb her lady’s maid.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
The takeaway, then, isn’t that students are duplicitous and depraved or that technology has eroded their moral core.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.
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Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depraved
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Johnson County He was arrested last August on charges of abuse of office and corrupt influence.
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The kidnappings have been linked to run-ins with drug cartels and corrupt government officials, while there have also been cases involving young women who worked at the country’s many factories.
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The Constitution has been perverted in ways by administrations on both sides of the aisle to facilitate military action.
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Organized sports can easily be perverted.
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Even when degraded, enzymes have stable backbones that might be capable of catalyzing reactions, said Sudha Rajamani, an astrobiologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune who wasn’t involved in the study.
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According to the company, QTT enables highly secure and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, helping maintain accurate timing and synchronization even when traditional GPS and radio-frequency signals are unavailable, degraded, or intentionally jammed.
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Systems must remain safe not only when components fail naturally, but when data is corrupted, communication is interrupted or execution is violated.
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And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict.
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Having a sick pet is emotionally a lot to handle.
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Preventing infestation Just because one calf is sick doesn’t mean the entire herd will get it, Cammack said.
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The decision weakened the federal Voting Rights Act’s protections against racially discriminatory redistricting.
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Brexit’s tortuous complexity weakened governance and led to parliamentary deadlock.
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Only the United States was humiliated; both countries have experienced a catastrophic loss.
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However, they were then humiliated 2-1, after extra time, by second division side Torreense in the final.
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And regular Kate Moss’s turn on the decks one memorable, and debauched, night in 2015 had revelers literally swinging from the chandeliers.
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The dark comedy follows a wealthy socialite, Stacy (Cherry), and a struggling writer, Becky (Chalotra), who are brought together at a lavish, debauched New York party.
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