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Word entry · 11 letters

degradation

Best crossword clue

"decline in quality"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aaddeginortStarts with DEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2E3G4R5A6D7A8T9I10O11N

Definitions

  1. changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

Word origin

From French dégradation. Morphologically degrade + -ation.

Used in a sentence

  • There will be no poverty. All work will be done by living machines. Everybody will be free from worry and liberated from the degradation of labor. Everybody will live only to perfect himself.
  • Overexploitation of land for fuelwood is a further cause of soil degradation in Africa, Asia and South America
  • muscle degradation

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01decline in quality11 letters
02lower status11 letters

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