ameliorated

American  

[uh-meel-yuh-rey-tid, uh-mee-lee-uh-] / əˈmil yəˌreɪ tɪd, əˈmi li ə- /

adjective

1. made better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improved.

   As a nurse, her passion is to bring hope and an ameliorated quality of life to people in the midst of devastating medical challenges.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.

Other Word Forms

• unameliorated adjective

Etymology

Origin of ameliorated

ameliorate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mr. Xi could have ameliorated the damage by creating new avenues for productive private investment that would boost productivity and stimulate more domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal

An influx of foreign workers had ameliorated the problem somewhat, but that has now dried up.

From MarketWatch

But Americans should not expect that all this can be ameliorated, much less erased.

From Salon

The judge said his segregation was ameliorated by him being allowed "some three hours per day out of his cell, which is more than twice the time allowed to convicted prisoners held in segregation".

From BBC

Related Words

• enhanced
• revised
• upgraded