decomposed
Americanadjective
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having undergone decomposition.
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(of a feather) having the barbs separate, hanging loosely, and not interconnected by barbules.
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The county's medical examiner said the body was "severely decomposed" and deferred on making a ruling on how she died pending the death investigation.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Park on the west end of the parking lot to access the decomposed granite path leading to the 1.17-acre habitat garden.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
To Arcuri, Nvidia’s work to provide a whole AI system “shifts performance discussions away from standalone GPU generations and toward how workloads are decomposed, orchestrated and scaled across the full system.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
These soils, known as peat, contain partially decomposed plant material that has accumulated over hundreds or even thousands of years.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
“You have an instant fatality that leaves no marks on the skeletal remains. Unfortunately, the soft tissues that would show us what happened have decomposed in the past hundred years.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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