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deteriorated

[dih-teer-ee-uh-reyt]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -rat·ed, -rat·ing.

to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.

to disintegrate or wear away.

Origin:
1565–75; < Late Latin dēteriōrātus made worse (past participle of dēteriōrāre), equivalent to Latin dēterior worse (dē from + -ter- formative in adjectives of spatial orientation (compare exterior, interior) + -ior comparative suffix) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

de·te·ri·o·ra·tive, adjective

un·de·te·ri·o·rat·ed, adjective

un·de·te·ri·o·rat·ing, adjective

un·de·te·ri·o·ra·tive, adjective

Synonyms
1. degenerate, decline, worsen.

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Example Sentences

But, after the surgery was performed overnight, his condition deteriorated today.

Pausch's health had deteriorated sharply in recent months.

They dropped some of the covenants that gave lenders the right to act if the borrower's finances deteriorated.

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But, after the surgery was performed overnight, his condition deteriorated today.

Pausch's health had deteriorated sharply in recent months.

They dropped some of the covenants that gave lenders the right to act if the borrower's finances deteriorated.

Then there was the delicate matter of cleaning the deteriorated wool fibers.

Olin responds by suggesting that iron might have disappeared as the inks deteriorated.

Very interesting and sad in a way that a rail system has deteriorated to such a state.

His technical skills deteriorated as he lost touch with the hacking scene.

It seems to be a fact that within the last fifty years the human eye has steadily and rapidly deteriorated.

Controlled for inflation, their salaries were flat even as working conditions deteriorated.

Most problematic of all, prospects for a cap-and-trade bill this year have deteriorated.

We got to within a thousand feet of the summit before the snow conditions deteriorated.

But not all of the devices have worked, and some have deteriorated after a few months.

Hours after returning to the hospital, his condition deteriorated abruptly.

If anything, she says, her family's finances have deteriorated somewhat.

Pausch's health has deteriorated sharply, and that his kidneys and heart are failing.

They found that the quality of the statements deteriorated.

Unfortunately, while in physical rehabilitation, her other organs deteriorated.

Such partisanship is why journalism has deteriorated.

They are typically processed and sent immediately for surgeries to repair damaged or deteriorated corneas.

As the firm deteriorated no effort was made to renege or even renegotiate those guarantees.

My relationship to the executive committee and that small group of six people has deteriorated.

The situation deteriorated until countries began going off gold.

The job seemed straightforward enough, but it soon deteriorated into a brawl over what communications standards to use.

Even today, some older cities give tax-forfeited, deteriorated.

By the time they go into nursing care, their condition has often deteriorated to include immobility, incontinence and dementia.

Jessica's grades and attendance at school deteriorated.

The case was thrown out because his backup sample had deteriorated and could not be tested, and he kept the gold medal.

It's remarkable how things have deteriorated in so short a time.

They may have deteriorated sashes, which make them hard to open and close.

The relationship between the former collaborators has deteriorated into barely veiled animosity.

Her task is to remove the last layer of deteriorated paper that backs the.

His health and mental state have deteriorated sharply in the prison.

Three days out, the route deteriorated into a deeply rutted dirt track that plunged through troughs of dark mud.

The same is reflected in our health care system such that the quality of health care has deteriorated as a result of the same.

Since then, the light-vehicle market has deteriorated further.

He pointed out that at the onset of crisis these measures deteriorated significantly and they have yet to improve all that much.

The story deteriorated further with mis-characterization.

But her singing, technically limited in the best of times, has deteriorated noticeably.

It has deteriorated to such a ridiculous extent that a single senator can hold up any bill.

Service, which was once sophisticated and smooth, seems to have deteriorated.

And shows typical modern defect of deteriorated social awareness- lets build mathematical and economical model of happiness.

Ruthie's lungs had deteriorated in the preceding week, the mother said.

Santillán's condition suddenly deteriorated as she developed swelling.

Now the governments' own balance-sheets have deteriorated.

Many of its structures were left behind, but deteriorated over.

But costs have soared in recent years, air quality has deteriorated and traffic jams seem worse than.

He had been stung by a jellyfish, and his condition deteriorated rapidly.

It has virtually no fish, and the health of the local inhabitants has deteriorated markedly.

The city's waterfront proposal would be part of a statewide coastal-management plan to improve deteriorated waterfronts.

The work has deteriorated as patches of paint have flaked off, and the surface is gauzy and matte.

Organs may now be donated by anencephalic babies after death, but at that point the organs have deteriorated and cannot be used.

One player said it almost deteriorated into a fistfight.

Clause has cared for her husband of a half-century as he has gradually deteriorated.

The old lady remembers when she had a husband, a son, and a house and garden before her life deteriorated.

Somehow, the city never quite intended it that way, knowing that benches deteriorated in the sea air and summer revelry.

Of course, by that time his condition was so deteriorated that there was no possible way for the regular airlines to take him.

All the rest of us have deteriorated with the hallmarks of the disease.

The man's condition had deteriorated significantly in the last six months, as his liver became scarred and shrunken and failed.

Her health had deteriorated after heart surgery last fall, he said.

Ditaya's condition had deteriorated with burns from the waist down and across her back.

Though he continued to compose and play music, his health deteriorated.

Our performance compared with other countries has also deteriorated.

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

deteriorate

1570s, from L.L. deterioratus, pp. of deteriorare "get worse," from L. deterior "worse," contrastive of *deter "bad, lower," from PIE *de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Originally transitive in English; intransitive sense is from 1758.

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Medical Dictionary

deteriorate de·te·ri·o·rate (dĭ-tēr'ē-ə-rāt')
v. de·te·ri·o·rat·ed, de·te·ri·o·rat·ing, de·te·ri·o·rates

To grow worse in function or condition.
To weaken or disintegrate.

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