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The correct spelling is degenerate.
How to pronounce degenerate
noun
Say it like: Dej-ene-rat-e
The correct spelling is degenerate. One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person. For example: "In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy."
Usage Examples
“In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.”
“His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
verb
- 1.To lose good or desirable qualities.
- 2.To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
adjective
- 1.(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
- 2.(of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
- 3.(of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
- 4.Relating to degeneracy
- 5.Having the same quantum energy level.
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