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Lacking some usual or expected property or quality

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable

No longer capable, effective or needed

Morally depraved

Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour

Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition

Vestigial or atrophic

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

(of rain, a crop or supply) To be insufficient when needed or expected

Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

To commit an offense, especially spiritually or morally

To return to a former or less developed state

An immoral or corrupt person

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Adjective

Lacking some usual or expected property or quality

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

gone to the dogs

pleasure-seeking

in the fast lane

unaccommodating

lacking restraint

no better than one should be

near the knuckle

beyond the pale

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“The degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.”

Adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable

in the fast lane

pleasure-seeking

lacking restraint

gone to the dogs

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“The main forms of corruption in the eyes of the locals are bribe-taking, a degenerate life-style and unreasonable fines inflicted on locals.”

Adjective

No longer capable, effective or needed

over and done with

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Adjective

Morally depraved

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

good-for-nothing

unconscientious

beyond contempt

stop-at-nothing

double-crossing

good-for-naught

open to bribery

beyond the pale

confrontational

ill-humoured^UK

dissatisfactory

beneath contempt

a load of pants

uncompassionate

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

beyond description

indescribably evil

rubbing the wrong way

strictly for the birds

disadvantageous

on a short fuse

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

with a heart of stone

desensitised^UK

spoiling for a fight

ready for a fight

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Adjective

Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour

out of the ordinary

out in left field

uncharacteristic

unrepresentative

out of the common

non compos mentis

off the beaten track

individualistic

not tightly wrapped

very unconventional

like nothing on earth

of unsound mind

mad as a hatter

off the beaten path

nutty as a fruitcake

mad as a March hare

daft as a brush

away with the fairies

not the full shilling

round the twist

with a screw loose

foreign-looking

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Adjective

Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition

Adjective

Vestigial or atrophic

Verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

go down the tubes

go down the toilet

go to rack and ruin

take a turn for the worse

come apart at seams

go from bad to worse

become dilapidated

fall into decay

take a nosedive

fall into disrepair

be the worse for wear

make something worse

go down the tube

appear in a poor light

be at disadvantage

be shown to disadvantage

hit rock bottom

come apart at the seams

be on the way out

draw to a close

be worse for wear

turn the clock back

go into a tailspin

reach a new low

become infected

become inflamed

suffer a relapse

get worse again

become contaminated

leave the straight and narrow

go down the primrose path

fall from grace

become moribund

be slipping away

be on one's deathbed

be giving up the ghost

be about to die

have one foot in the grave

be at death's door

be on one's last legs

be breathing one's last

be approaching death

go through the floor

come to nothing

incline downwards

become less intense

make less active

die away or out

die away or down

lose its effect

lose its effectiveness

descend rapidly

decrease rapidly

become obsolete

take the bite out

take the sting out

decrease in value

decline in price

disappear from the face of the earth

move further off

be precipitated

lose significance

decrease in importance

pale into insignificance

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“Once there were beliefs, these degenerated into ideas, then into ideologies.”

Verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

become debilitated

become emaciated

become shrunken

become enfeebled

go into decline

be on your last legs

go down the toilet

fall apart at the seams

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Verb

(of rain, a crop or supply) To be insufficient when needed or expected

be insufficient

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

go into chapter 11

go out of business

lose one's shirt

go into receivership

be unsuccessful

go into liquidation

become insolvent

be in the hands of the receivers

grind to a halt

be taken to the cleaners

cease production

close one's doors

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Verb

Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

bat back and forth

twiddle your thumbs

kick one's heels

lay on one's oars

rest on one's oars

sit back and do nothing

kick your heels

fritter away time

grind to a halt

while away the time

get no place fast

do nothing much

fritter time away

stretch oneself

while away time

sit on one's hands

idle away the hours

drag one's feet

while away hours

not lift a finger

take one's time

spin one's wheels

lie down on job

make yourself at home

do nothing in particular

twiddle one's thumbs

while away the hours

take a breather

put your feet up

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

let the grass grow under one's feet

play a waiting game

become stagnant

shirk one's duties

take things easy

bring up the rear

scrounge around

dodge the column

evade one's duty

sit on one's butt

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Verb

To commit an offense, especially spiritually or morally

commit an offence

break the rules

fall from grace

violate the law

stray from the straight and narrow

be out of order

misconduct oneself

give someone trouble

get up to mischief

get up to no good

blot your copybook

go off the rails

yield to temptation

go down the primrose path

commit a transgression

commit a felony

commit an offense

get into bad ways

fall into a life of crime

offend against God

succumb to temptation

break commandment

wallow in the mire

take the primrose path

behave inappropriately

crash the gates

enter without permission

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Verb

To return to a former or less developed state

drift back into

retrace your steps

fall off the wagon

take another look at

take a step back

take up where left off

take up where you left off

be once again in the possession of

go back to your old ways

select automatically

revert to old habits

revert to a former state

revert to one's bad habits

slip back to old ways

go down the tubes

take a turn for the worse

go down the toilet

go to rack and ruin

come apart at seams

turn the clock back

go down the tube

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Noun

An immoral or corrupt person

good-for-nothing

unprincipled person

pleasure-seeker

despicable person

snake in the grass

dissolute person

perverted person

depraved person

pleasure seeker

dastardly person

nasty piece of work

reprehensible person

enfant terrible

juvenile delinquent

person responsible

black marketeer

devil incarnate

disgraceful person

mischievous person

unpleasant person

confidence trickster

smooth operator

wanted criminal

confidence artist

untrustworthy person

worthless person

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