DISSIPATEDNESS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

dissipatedness

noun

as in degradation

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior a novel chronicling the dissipatedness of a generation born to great wealth

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Plus, the prototype cells showed almost zero degradation over 1,160 hours at a simulated depth of 10 meters off the Weizhou Islands in the South China Sea.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Instead, select a narrow, high-ROI operational challenge, such as predicting transformer degradation or detecting unannounced EV chargers.

— Abhay Gupta, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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Because of the high likelihood of corruption, our devices encode messages with enough redundancy that they can be pieced together by the receiving machine despite the errors incurred in transit.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Miami Vice ’85, with a screenplay by Dan Gilroy, explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of Miami Vice, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark 1984-90 NBC series.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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