degraded
adjective
de·grad·ed
di-ˈgrā-dəd 
dē-
1
: reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct
2
: characterized by degeneration of structure or function
degradedly
adverb
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many observers deplored the fact that the city's festivities for Mardi Gras had become a degraded, drunken celebration
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The novel stirred public outrage over the degraded state of the cathedral.
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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Bon first garnered attention with Not a Cornfield, a 2005-2006 work that took a 32-acre plot of land in downtown LA, and grew a full seasonal crop of corn, as a way to take a degraded unproductive piece of land and demonstrate its fecundity and potential for transformation.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
A lot had to do with the condition of the bones, which were too degraded to extract enough DNA for testing at that point.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Usually, this atmospheric layer reflects high-frequency radio waves, bouncing them from their source to their destination, but if the flare ionizes that layer, these waves become degraded, or are completely absorbed, leading to a radio blackout.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Bon first garnered attention with Not a Cornfield, a 2005-2006 work that took a 32-acre plot of land in downtown LA, and grew a full seasonal crop of corn, as a way to take a degraded unproductive piece of land and demonstrate its fecundity and potential for transformation.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
A lot had to do with the condition of the bones, which were too degraded to extract enough DNA for testing at that point.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
Usually, this atmospheric layer reflects high-frequency radio waves, bouncing them from their source to their destination, but if the flare ionizes that layer, these waves become degraded, or are completely absorbed, leading to a radio blackout.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Degraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/degraded. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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