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deterioration
[ dih-teer-ee-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of deteriorating.
- the state or condition of having deteriorated.
- a gradual decline, as in quality, serviceability, or vigor.
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Other Words From
- nonde·teri·o·ration noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deterioration1
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Example Sentences
Few reports of his mental illness discuss lead poisoning as a possible reason for his mental deterioration.
Winters uses that cataclysmic event to examine the slow deterioration of communal life in the face of annihilation.
In the recent past, Germany has particularly been quiet in regard to the deterioration of civil society in Russia.
Rovera is deeply concerned by the continuing deterioration of the civilian situation in Syria.
Their growth represents a constant deterioration of the status quo rather than the simple postponement peace.
An unaccountable increase in piety is sometimes the first warning of approaching mental deterioration.
This is especially true as regards prognosis and the question of mental deterioration in any given case.
The second conclusion is that thrift under certain conditions is a vice that causes distinct deterioration of character.
With the painful exception of a deterioration in the condition of the poor, these changes were for the better.
Among other things, the general deterioration in my appearance had forced me to tell Kitty Windus that I was out of work.
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