deterioration
noun
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Definition of deterioration
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Synonyms & Antonyms for deterioration
Synonyms
debilitation, decay, decaying, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, ebbing, enfeeblement, weakening
Antonyms
comeback, improvement, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation, revitalization, snapback
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These include pneumonia, hearing loss, tracheal infections, and a very rare brain disease called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which causes intellectual deterioration seven to 10 years after measles exposure. — Amanda Macmillan, Health.com, "So There's a Measles Outbreak Near You. How Worried Should You Be?," 5 Sep. 2019 But the recent deterioration was not inevitable, even after the riot. — The Economist, "How to fix Baltimore," 1 Aug. 2019 But still, even in a world in which beloved stars become expendable overnight, the deterioration in the relationship between Bale and Madrid has been extraordinary. — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, "How Gareth Bale and Real Madrid's Transfer Saga Deteriorated to This Point," 29 July 2019 Some physical deterioration of its structures is only part of the problem. — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit needs to put stretch of Jefferson underground for more walkable downtown," 27 July 2019 With news reports showing us the lasting effects of global warming, the deterioration of politics, war, violence and hatred, life in 2019 is hard. — Stephen Daw, Billboard, "K.Flay Wishes She Could Escape Our Current Reality in 'Not In California': Listen," 28 June 2019 In a slack labor market, workers typically experience a reduction in their market power, but the last recession, with its length and depth, represented a significant deterioration of workers’ ability to benefit from the subsequent recovery. — Julie Heath, Cincinnati.com, "Region's Economy: The inequality conundrum," 27 Aug. 2019 The difference is because people are looking for signs of potential deterioration, gaffes that would be written off as Joe being Joe can become much more damaging to him. — Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, "Biden is still the Democrat to beat, but rivals see weakness," 10 Aug. 2019 On Wednesday, DeepMind and its collaborators separately published results showing that using Streams, doctors missed only 3 percent of cases of kidney deterioration, compared with 12 percent missed without the app. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "Alphabet’s AI Might Be Able to Predict Kidney Disease," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deterioration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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