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adjective

Definition of abasednext
as in degraded

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abased

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verb

past tense of abase
1
as in humiliated
to lower in character, dignity, or quality was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit

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2
as in discredited
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor

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  1. degraded
  2. subordinate
  3. weakened
  4. humbled
  5. poisoned
  6. deteriorated
  7. diluted
  8. disgraced
Adjective
  • According to Regeneration International, regenerative agriculture describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity - resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Flourishing business and secure workers would keep the Sabbath, dress neatly, and avoid taverns and other dens of iniquity that preyed on the degraded poor.
    Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of degraded
Adjective
  • The president, in other words, is increasingly subordinate to the courts.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • This subordinate specification could allow regulators to implement auditing capabilities world-wide.
    James Felton Keith, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of subordinate
Verb
  • Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.
    Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • Watching his wife deliver their baby under such circumstances left him feeling humbled.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In a day full of questions about the future and how things will take shape, everyone in the media room was humbled and heartbroken to watch someone mourn the loss of a friend.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of humbled
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  • Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • As Putin kept stacking charges, the conditions of his imprisonment deteriorated.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the earthen and stone structures have deteriorated with time, but their scale is not lost.
    Elissa Garay, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of deteriorated
Verb
  • Their small stake will get diluted to almost nothing, even if the company becomes successful.
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Choi family’s stake was divided among his five sons and got diluted.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Asia, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of diluted
Verb
  • Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For this band of once-precocious kids now slipping into middle-age, disgraced ’80s art queen Mary Boone evokes the tarnished dreams of Manhattan transplants and a bag dropped onto the train track must be let go no matter what.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of disgraced
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