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Dictionary Results for deteriorating:
1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deteriorating \deteriorating\ adj.
   going from better to worse.

   Syn: declining, failing, regressing, retrograde,
        retrogressive.
        [WordNet 1.5]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\ (d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]t),
   v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deteriorated
   (d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Deteriorating (d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
   deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorare to deteriorate, fr.
   deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.]
   To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to
   impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately.
   [1913 Webster]

         The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated.
                                                  --Southey.
   [1913 Webster]
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