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What is the adjective for deteriorate?

What's the adjective for deteriorate? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb deteriorate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

deteriorable
deteriorative
  1. Causing deterioration.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Molecular mobility within preserved biological materials provides a first approximation of the rate of deteriorative reactions that ultimately affect shelf-life.”
      “Perceptions have changed about HIV disease being a progressive, deteriorative and terminal illness with no effective treatment.”
      “Chronologically Betty was not old, but on the other hand, multiple, progressive, deteriorative processes led to her death.”
deteriorating
deteriorated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of deteriorate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is illogical and foolish to put an expensive new roof on a deteriorated substrate.”
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