Degraded Definition

dĭ-grādĭd
adjective
Reduced in rank, dignity, or esteem.
American Heritage
Disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
Webster's New World
Having been reduced in quality or value.
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(biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
Wiktionary

(heraldry) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of degrade.

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Origin of Degraded

Degraded Sentence Examples

  • I refer to the degraded poor, not now to the degraded rich.

  • That body, at all events, could not be degraded save by its own act.

  • Has he been degraded into a field marshal, or into a soldier?

  • The original territory still preserves to a large degree its irregularity of surface, but its hills have been much degraded or wholly razed.

  • The cult-heroes were all persons who had lived the life of man on earth, and it was necessary for the degraded gods to pass through this stage.

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