degraded

American  

[dih-grey-did] / dɪˈgreɪ dɪd /

adjective

1. reduced in rank, position, reputation, etc..

   He felt degraded by the trivial tasks assigned to him.

2. reduced in quality or value; debased; vulgarized.

   the degraded level of the modern novel.

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Other Word Forms

• degradedly adverb
• degradedness noun
• undegraded adjective

Etymology

Origin of degraded

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; degrade, -ed ²

Example Sentences

During her latest visit in early February, she said the US and Denmark needed to "rebuild the trust" that had been "eroded and degraded" in just "a few sentences and words".

From Barron's

Iran will emerge from the conflict with severely degraded land, air and sea capabilities, and its regional ambitions tampered.

From The Wall Street Journal

The resolution said that Ukraine’s energy infrastructure “remains extremely degraded,” which reduces “the reliability of external power for nuclear power plants.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It underscores how much last June’s attack had degraded Iran’s capacity to compete in the skies or mount a major retaliatory response.

From The Wall Street Journal

To be sure, the competitive value of these stocks, or their moats, has been degraded and in some cases largely wiped away by AI, he says.

From MarketWatch