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as in worsened
to become worse or of less value
the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect
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as in degraded
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue
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Recent Examples of deteriorated
Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
As a result, there are 800,000 deteriorated apartments in New York today.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Gazans are already severely malnourished, so meeting basic needs requires much more, including specialized treatment to prevent people from dying from eating foods their bodies can’t process in their deteriorated state.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The Republican president returned to office in January promising to reinvigorate relations with Netanyahu that had deteriorated under his Democratic predecessor.
—Gram Slattery, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Today, however, Netanyahu’s political position has deteriorated dramatically.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
But instead of improving, L’s mental health deteriorated.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
However, their relationship deteriorated once Paul found proof that Mortensen was unfaithful early in their relationship and had lied to her for years.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
When those people finally moved out, the buildings rapidly deteriorated, thanks in part to vandalism by transients, O’Neil said.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
By the early 1960s, reforms in Angola had begun to stall as budgets were cut and conditions deteriorated, the museum website says.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
But when the levees failed, thousands of people were trapped inside as supplies dwindled and conditions deteriorated quickly.
—Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
But with the deteriorated state, the possibility remains that the building may soon be auctioned off with no protection against demolition.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
As a result, there are 800,000 deteriorated apartments in New York today.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Gazans are already severely malnourished, so meeting basic needs requires much more, including specialized treatment to prevent people from dying from eating foods their bodies can’t process in their deteriorated state.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
But the relations have deteriorated significantly since the start of the war in Gaza, with Israeli officials voicing growing anger at Qatar, accusing the government of harboring Hamas and not putting enough pressure on it to agree to a ceasefire.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The Republican president returned to office in January promising to reinvigorate relations with Netanyahu that had deteriorated under his Democratic predecessor.
—Gram Slattery, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Today, however, Netanyahu’s political position has deteriorated dramatically.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
But instead of improving, L’s mental health deteriorated.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
However, their relationship deteriorated once Paul found proof that Mortensen was unfaithful early in their relationship and had lied to her for years.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
When those people finally moved out, the buildings rapidly deteriorated, thanks in part to vandalism by transients, O’Neil said.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
By the early 1960s, reforms in Angola had begun to stall as budgets were cut and conditions deteriorated, the museum website says.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
But when the levees failed, thousands of people were trapped inside as supplies dwindled and conditions deteriorated quickly.
—Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deteriorated
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The gender wage gap among full-time workers also worsened in 2024.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The persecution worsened more than a decade ago during uprisings that remade the Middle East by toppling dictators — including Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak — but in some places spiraled into civil war.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Nero’s time, stepping onto the stage degraded the emperor’s role.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Long-term drought has degraded the old-growth forest where the squirrels live.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sprinkle crumbled Cotija cheese on top.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Patriots crumbled after Maye’s turnover, which came on the opening drive of the third quarter.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Childhood illnesses had severely weakened her own heart.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the legal safeguards against such encounters have weakened.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Back when the Covid pandemic shut down restaurants across the country in spring of 2020, gloom and doom descended on an industry whose profit margins were always thin.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Journalists and television crews from around the world descended on the town of Morwell when the trial began in April, with millions of Australians following proceedings live through one of several popular daily podcasts.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The baffling Windows 11 update bug that corrupted SSDs now appears to be linked to storage drives running pre-release firmware.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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We are absolutely not corrupted.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Everything looks so rickety — this stadium wasn’t built for pandemonium like this.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.—
Brianna Griff,
Chron,
13 Jan. 2023
Verb
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Mendoza declined multiple requests for an interview and did not provide comments in response to ProPublica’s letters detailing the case.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Citing the ongoing investigation, police declined to release further details.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Deteriorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deteriorated. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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