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deteriorating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deteriorated}; p. pr & vb n. {Deteriorating}.] [L. deterioratus p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr de down away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as to deteriorate the mind. --Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. --Southey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deteriorating adj : going from better to worse [syn: {declining}, {failing}, {regressing}, {retrograde}, {retrogressive}]
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