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• past participle of ameliorate.
• past tense form of ameliorate.

ameliorated

American  

[uh-meel-yuh-ray-tid, uh-mee-lee-uh-] / əˈmil jəˌreɪ 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

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Etymology

Origin of ameliorated

ameliorate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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ameliorated

On that, Buchbinder is optimistic that a key cause of rising rates, higher energy costs, will be ameliorated in coming months.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The deceit is either ameliorated or worsened by the obvious unreliability of Thomas’s testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 1, 2025

We have ameliorated on a planetary scale injustices that only recently were global and endemic.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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