Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

    Verschlimmerung, Verschlechterung, Verschärfung

    ухудше́ниеuxudšénije, по́рчаpórča, деграда́цияdegradácija

    погіршенняpohiršennja

    process of changing to an inferior state

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Let's stop the deterioration of the natural environment.

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  2. The deterioration of corporate earnings has yet to bottom out.

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  3. Do you want this defeatist propaganda to bring about further deterioration of the situation?

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  4. While these drugs cannot actually cure an AIDS patient, they can halt the deterioration of his or her condition.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.

Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.

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