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What is the adjective for degeneracy?

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

degenerate
  1. (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
  2. (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
  3. (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
  4. (mathematics) A degenerate case is a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class.
  5. (physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. depraved, corrupt, immoral, wicked, dissolute, debauched, perverted, sinful, base, debased, reprobate, unprincipled, dishonorable, dishonourable, dissipated, decadent, licentious, impure, despicable, sordid, lewd, degraded, wanton, vicious, warped, disreputable, libertine, lascivious, villainous, lecherous, rakish, perverse, nefarious, unwholesome, profligate, loose, mean, low, libidinous, sick, ignoble, promiscuous, unclean, demoralised, demoralized, ungodly, jackleg, unsavory, unsavoury, rotten … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “These correspond to people already living a degenerate lifestyle, freely indulging their unnecessary appetites.”
      “In this case, one lung was degenerate and useless, and as a consequence, the vital functions were proportionately reduced.”
degenerative
  1. Characterized by or causing degeneration.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deteriorating, worsening, backward, regressive, retrogressive, unprogressive, wasting, deleterious
  3. Examples:
      4. “Correlation of radiographic evidence of degenerative joint changes and symptoms described by patients vary by joint.”
      “People with dementia have a degenerative disease of the brain for which there is no cure.”
      “Richard died from the rare degenerative disease which attacks the central nervous system.”
degenerous
  1. (obsolete) Degenerate; base.
degenerated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of degenerate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deteriorated, declined, decayed, worsened, sank, sunk, sunken, regressed, crumbled, rotted, ebbed, retrograded, atrophied, weakened, failed, slipped, disintegrated, slid, slidden, fell, felled, fallen, slumped, retrogressed, devolved, descended, lapsed, decreased, collapsed, lessened, backslid, backslided, backslidden, wasted, corroded, disimproved, relapsed, reduced, vitiated, went downhill, gone downhill, went to pot, gone to pot, got worse, gotten worse, hit the skids, went to the dogs, gone to the dogs, fell off, fallen off … more
degenerating
  1. present participle of degenerate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deteriorating, declining, decaying, worsening, sinking, regressing, crumbling, rotting, ebbing, retrograding, atrophying, weakening, failing, slipping, disintegrating, sliding, falling, slumping, retrogressing, devolving, descending, lapsing, decreasing, collapsing, lessening, backsliding, wasting, corroding, disimproving, relapsing, reducing, vitiating, going downhill, going to pot, getting worse, hitting the skids, going to the dogs, falling off, wasting away, going down the toilet, growing worse, going down the tubes, going to rack and ruin, going to the pack, becoming debilitated, going to pieces, dying on vine, taking a turn for the worse, coming apart at seams, waning … more
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