DEGRADED
degraded
Verb
degraded
Adjective
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- The Netherlands were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. — Motley.
- Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. — Dana.
- Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
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