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Definition: DEGENERATED |
DEGENERATEDImperative & past participle1. Of Degenerate |
Date "DEGENERATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Crosswords: DEGENERATED |
| English words defined with "DEGENERATED": arthroplasty ♦ Bred out ♦ Cachaemia ♦ Depravation ♦ Poikilocyte, Pseudo-hyperthophic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DEGENERATED": herniated ♦ O tempora! O mores! ♦ penis war ♦ RIBALDRY ♦ SPENCER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wonder how such a degenerated person ever reached a position of authority in the Army Medical Corps! (MASH; writing credit: Ring Lardner Jr.) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Oscar Wilde | Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon. |
Peter F. Drucker | Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision at all, it is an intention. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But the cuisine degenerated and became execrable, the wine, which had always been bad became frightful. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In this technique, tissue that has degenerated is replaced with implants of fresh, fetal tissue, taken at the very early stages of development. (references) | |
Business | The local pulp and paper production industry also degenerated over the last 10 years, keeping the market for pulp and paper manufacturing equipment very flat. Although it is now showing the first signs of revival, market improvements are too slight to list this equipment among best sales prospects. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Chile established a parliamentary style democracy in the late 19th century, but degenerated into a system protecting the interests of the ruling oligarchy. (references) |
Minorities | Nigeria | On November 3 and 4, in Gwantu, Kaduna State, at least 10 persons reportedly were killed during fighting, which resulted from a long-standing dispute between rival local leaders that degenerated into violence due to the introduction of a modified form of criminal Shari'a law. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Unless the American people have degenerated, the same result can be again effected when ever experience points out the necessity of a resort to the same means to uphold the fabric which their fathers have reared. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "DEGENERATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "DEGENERATED" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 75% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 19.12% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.88% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 68 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
degenerated disc | 17 |
degenerated disk | 11 |
degenerated discedisease | 5 |
degenerated disc disease | 5 |
degenerated disease joint | 5 |
degenerated disc ray x | 4 |
degenerated disease disk | 3 |
degenerated primer | 2 |
degenerated | 2 |
degenerated lyrics | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DEGENERATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاسد (abusive, bad, corrupt, decadent, decayed, decomposed, depraved, disintegrated, evil, false, foul, immoral, incorrect, infected, invalid, null, perverse, pervertible, putrid, rogue, rotten, spoiled, unsound, vain, vicious, void, wicked, wrong), منحل (degenerate, deteriorated, disintegrator, lax, unfastened, untied), متفسخ (decadent, degenerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 退化 (Degenerate, Degenerating, Degeneration, Degenerative, Degradation, Devolution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | degenereret kode (degenerated code), udartet perlit (degenerated pearlite), i billederne er de udartede strukturer vist i tre kulstofstaal (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ontaard perliet (degenerated pearlite), het ontstaan van ontaard perliet in drie soorten koolstofstaal is in deze structuurbeelden te zien (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dégénerés, dégénerée, dégénerâmes, dégénerèrent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entartete, ausgeartet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκφυλισμένος περλίτης (degenerated pearlite), οι μικρογραφίες τριών χαλύβων άνθρακος παρουσιάζουν φαινόμενα εκφυλισμού της δομής (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מת ון (decadent, dissipated), מ וון (effete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elkorcsosult. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perlite degenerata (degenerated pearlite), nelle micrografie viene mostrato l'aspetto della struttura di degenerazione in tre acciai al carbonio (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 퇴"하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egeneratedday perlite degenerada (degenerated pearlite), as micrografias dos três aços ao carbono apresentam fenómenos de degenerescência da estrutura (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels). (various references) perlita degenerada (degenerated pearlite), las micrografías de los tres aceros al carbono presentan fenómenos de degeneración de la estructura (the appearance of the degenerated pearlite structure is shown in the micrographs for three carbon steels), código degenerado (degenerated code). (various references) urartad (degenerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"DEGENERATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: defenerated, devegetated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DEGENERATED" (pronounced dije"nerā'tud) |
| 8 | -j e" n er ā' t u d | generated, regenerated. |
| 7 | -e" n er ā' t u d | venerated. |
| 6 | -n er ā' t u d | exonerated, incinerated. |
| 5 | -er ā' t u d | accelerated, adulterated, ameliorated, collaborated, commemorated, cooperated, corroborated, decelerated, decorated, deliberated, deteriorated, enumerated, evaporated, eviscerated, exaggerated, exasperated, exhilarated, federated, inaugurated, incarcerated, incorporated, invigorated, liberated, moderated, obliterated, operated, perforated, proliferated, redecorated, refrigerated, reinvigorated, reiterated, reverberated, saturated, separated, tolerated, unadulterated, unincorporated, unsaturated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abdicated, abrogated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, correlated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decimated, decontaminated, delegated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, exacerbated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, incapacitated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, officiated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, reevaluated, reformulated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, segregated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, truncated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-e-g-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: degenerate. | |
-2 letters: generated, greatened, renegaded. | |
-3 letters: dangered, deadener, deranged, deterged, endeared, gandered, gardened, gendered, generate, renegade, teenaged, teenager, tendered. | |
-4 letters: angered, degrade, degreed, derange, derated, deterge, dragnet, enraged, entered, etagere, grandee, granted, grantee, greaten, greened, greeted, grenade, negated, negater, reagent, redated, reneged, teenage, treaded, trended. | |
-5 letters: agreed, anteed, ardent, argent, dander, danged, danger, darned, darted, deaden, deader, deaned, degree, dented, derate, dragee, dredge, earned, endear, enrage, entera, entree, ergate, eterne, gadder, gander, garden, garnet, geared, gender, genera, gerent, graded, grated, neared, neater, needed, needer, negate, ranged, ranted, redate, redden, reeded, regent, rended, renege, rented, retene, tanged, teared, tedder, teener, tended, tender, traded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 47 45 4E 45 52 41 54 45 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . --. . -. . .-. .- - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01000111 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E G E N E R A T E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0047 0045 004E 0045 0052 0041 0054 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3839413948395235543938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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