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Treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect
“Us librarians must rise together to prevent our place in society from being demeaned, diminished and degraded!”
Inferior or base in nature or quality
“There is no discount they can give us to compensate for the degraded shopping experience.”
Not honorable in character or purpose
Sullied or tainted in some manner
In a corrupt or adulterated state
Past tense for to corrupt or pervert the quality or character of someone or something
“It does nothing but degrade and insult the competence and professionalism of an organization.”
Past tense for to shame, or to lower in standing, honor or dignity
“I cannot degrade you worse than you degrade yourself by idleness.”
Past tense for to compromise or reduce in quality or purity
“Light passing through one part of an aperture interferes with that passing through other regions, resulting in an interference pattern on the retina that tends to degrade the quality of the image.”
Past tense for to adulterate or dilute the concentration or potency of
“Storage at room temperature for prolonged periods can degrade the potency of the oil.”
Past tense for to lower the rank or status of something or someone
“In addition to the penalty, the director may degrade him to a lower rank or dismiss him.”
Past tense for to break down or deteriorate organically or chemically
“Chemical companies are searching for new products that will degrade rapidly in the soil and exert biological activity at a minute amount.”
Past tense for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
Past tense for to become progressively worse in quality or health
Past tense for to reduce the intensity or severity of
Past tense for to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy
Past tense for to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
Past tense for to stop operating
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