Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A growing or making worse; the state of growing worse.
- noun Synonyms Degeneracy, debasement, degradation, depravation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun process of changing to an inferior state
- noun a symptom of reduced quality or strength
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Examples
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Moody's said it made the decision mostly because of what it called the deterioration of Dubai's broader economic outlook.
Top Dubai Firms 2009
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SAHRC chairman Dr Barney Pityana on Friday expressed concern about what he described as the deterioration in the South African human rights environment under the Mbeki government.
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Pityana expressed concern about what he described as the deterioration in the South African human rights environment under the Mbeki government.
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Murphy said an 18-game season has been discussed by owners for some time and is linked to what he called the deterioration of the quality of the four-game preseason schedule.
JSOnline.com 2010
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The letter said the court had taken the decision in view of what it called the deterioration in the security situation in Baghdad.
BBC News - Home 2010
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The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed concern in a letter at what he called the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of talks between the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama.
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The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed concern in a letter at what he called the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of talks between the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama.
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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution critical of what it calls the deterioration of media freedom in Azerbaijan.
Spero News 2009
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The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed concern in a letter at what he called the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of talks between the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama.
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The South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate expressed concern in a letter at what he called the deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet, and the apparent breakdown of talks between the Chinese government and emissaries of the Dalai Lama.
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