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Definition: DETERIORATED |
DETERIORATEDImperative & past participle1. Of Deteriorate |
Date "DETERIORATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Verb: be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated; Adjective:; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane; (decrease); ebb; retrograde; - decline, droop; go down; (sink); go downhill, go from bad to worse,Verb: be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated; Adjective:; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane; (decrease); ebb; retrograde; - decline, droop; go down; (sink); go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse; jump out of the frying pan into the fire. |
Adjective: unimproved; (improve; ); deteriorated; Verb: altered, altered for the worse; injured; Verb: sprung; withering, spoiling; Verb: on the wane, on the decline; tabid; degenerate; marescent; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky. | |
Disease | Weakly, weakened; (weak); decrepit; decayed; (deteriorated); incurable; (hopeless); in declining health; cranky; in a bad way, in danger, prostrate; moribund; (death). |
Imperfection | Adjective: imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped; (distort); lame; injured; (deteriorated); peccant; (bad); frail; (weak); inadequate; (insufficient); crude; (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. |
Inexpedience | Vile, base, villainous; mean; (paltry); injured; deteriorated; unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent; below par; (imperfect); illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful; (painful). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DETERIORATED |
| English words defined with "DETERIORATED": decayed ♦ freshness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DETERIORATED": BATTERY MAINTAINER, LARGE EMERGENCY STORAGE, blighted area, BRAKE REPAIRER, RAILROAD ♦ earth amber ♦ inflationary pressure, inflationary strain, intellectual dementia ♦ overgrazing ♦ paintings conservator, PAINTINGS RESTORER, prepacked concrete method ♦ sour bean ♦ TANK-HOUSE OPERATOR. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Coaling from a schooner, 1898. Though deteriorated, this photo shows an activity that was a frequent, and very dirty, reality of Spanish-American War naval operations. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Lastly, in most countries the public health infrastructure has deteriorated. (references) | |
Business | Ecuador's economic condition rapidly deteriorated over the last two years. (references) | |
The terms of trade marginally deteriorated as a result of higher import prices for equipment. (references) | ||
Air quality is constantly deteriorated by industries that use old and inadequate technologies. (references) | ||
Children | Solomon Islands | Infrastructure has deteriorated and financial resources have almost disappeared; the Government has not paid teachers regularly. (references) |
Romania | Living conditions in all child care institutions very seriously deteriorated in 1999 for financial and administrative reasons and have not improved substantially. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | Education is free and compulsory; however, class sizes in the country continued to increase rapidly, facilities deteriorated, and funds for textbooks and supplies decreased. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Armenia | In January 2001, Vardanyan was moved to a Yerevan cardiac hospital because his health had deteriorated. (references) |
India | NGO's report refugee complaints about deteriorated housing, poor sanitation, delayed assistance payments, and inadequate medical care in the Tamil refugee camps. (references) | |
Burma | There is evidence that many students have chosen to continue with self study because the universities deteriorated to such an extent during the time that they were closed, that they largely have become inaccessible. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | Guyana's infrastructure is severely deteriorated. (references) |
Afghanistan | After the April 1978 coup, relations deteriorated. (references) | |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Much farmland was damaged, and the economy deteriorated. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | On December 17, the Krasnoyarsk regional court ruled that Danilov, whose health had deteriorated during his detention, could receive hospital treatment. (references) |
Honduras | In June the CODEH, which works with prison populations, stated publicly that prisoners' conditions and basic liberties allowed under the law are not respected and have deteriorated during the year. (references) | |
Cuba | Opposition groups rejected this accusation because following a 1999 attack, del Pino's state of health had deteriorated to the point where she physically would be incapable of committing such an act. (references) | |
Minorities | Armenia | The Government does not discriminate against the small, officially recognized "national" communities, although the economic and social situation of such groups has deteriorated substantially since independence in 1991. The Government includes in the category of "national" communities are Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews, Kurds, Yezidis, Georgians, Greeks, and Assyrians. (references) |
Political Economy | FRANCE | The employment picture improved early in the year, but deteriorated during summer. (references) |
Congo | Physical infrastructure was in serious disrepair, financial institutions remained in a state of collapse, and public education and health deteriorated. (references) | |
Political Rights | Malaysia | Over the years, Parliament's function as a deliberative body has deteriorated. (references) |
Albania | Coverage by the state television station, RTVSh, deteriorated after the first round, favoring the governing party. (references) | |
Georgia | The OSCE noted that the situation deteriorated during the counting process and that, in general, procedural safeguards were not implemented. (references) | |
Trade | Italy | Merchandise deteriorated while in storage can be destroyed without payment of duty. (references) |
Women | Belarus | Street prostitution appeared to be growing as the economy deteriorated, and prostitution rings operated in state-owned hotels. (references) |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | The Dominican Human Rights Committee and shantytown residents report that conditions of work for cane workers have deteriorated since the industry was privatized in 1999. Workers reportedly are paid less, work longer hours, and have fewer benefits, according to the committee. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DETERIORATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 55.46% of the time. "DETERIORATED" is used about 357 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) | 55.46% | 198 | 21,729 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 42.02% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.52% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 357 | 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 |
deteriorated | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DETERIORATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | منحل (degenerate, degenerated, disintegrator, lax, unfastened, untied), متدهور (decadent). (various references) | |
Chinese | 恶化 (Aggravation, Deteriorate, Deteriorating, Deterioration, Exacerbate, Exacerbated, exacerbating, Exacerbation, Worsen, worsened, worsening). (various references) | |
Danish | socialt svag (asocial, socially deteriorated). (various references) | |
Dutch | bos op voedselarme grond (deteriorated forest), bos op sterk verarmde bodem (deteriorated forest), asociaal (antisocial, unsocial). (various references) | |
French | déteriorai, déteriorées, déteriorée, déterioré, détérioré (deteriorating). (various references) | |
German | verschlechterte (debased, worsened). (various references) | |
Greek | κοινωνικά υποβαθμισμένος (asocial, socially deteriorated). (various references) | |
Italian | foresta degradata (deteriorated forest), asociali (asocial, socially deteriorated). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 老朽化した (outworn). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろうきゅうかした (outworn). (various references) | |
Korean | 악화하는. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterioratedday.(various references) | |
Romanian | stricat (addle, bad, broken, broken down, carrion, close, corrupt, corrupted, dead, decayed, defaced, depraved, dilapidated, disabled, diseased, dissolute, foul, fusty, graceless, immoral, injured, loose, meretricious, niffy, out of order, perverse, polluted, rakehelly, rotten, spoilt, stuffy, tainted, vicious, vitiated), rablagit (decrepit, rattletrap, soft-witted), prãpãdit (destroyed, gaunt, rascal, wretch, wretched). (various references) | |
Spanish | asocial (asocial), antisocial (antisocial). (various references) | |
Swedish | försämrad (impaired). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DETERIORATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demeriorate, deteiorate, deteorirate, detericrate, deterioate, deterioated, deteriora, deterioriate, deteroiate, deteroriate, deterriorate, deyeriorate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DETERIORATED" (pronounced duti"rēerā'tud) |
| 5 | -er ā' t u d | accelerated, adulterated, ameliorated, collaborated, commemorated, cooperated, corroborated, decelerated, decorated, degenerated, deliberated, invigorated, liberated, enumerated, evaporated, eviscerated, exaggerated, exasperated, exhilarated, exonerated, federated, generated, inaugurated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, moderated, obliterated, operated, perforated, proliferated, redecorated, refrigerated, regenerated, reinvigorated, reiterated, reverberated, saturated, separated, tolerated, unadulterated, unincorporated, unsaturated, venerated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abrogated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, 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, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, 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, 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 | abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, 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, 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, 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, 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-i-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: deteriorate. | |
-2 letters: reiterated. | |
-3 letters: reiterate, retreaded, retreated. | |
-4 letters: adroiter, deratted, deterred, iterated, reedited, retarded, retorted, teratoid, traditor. | |
-5 letters: ariette, attired, deaired, deedier, derated, derider, dittoed, dottier, dratted, ideated, iodated, iterate, ordered, radioed, rattier, readied, readier, redated, redried, reedier, retired, retiree, retread, retreat, retried, rotated, tardier, tarried, tearier, tetrode, tireder, toadied, traitor, treaded, treader, treated, treater. | |
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