deterioration

See also: détérioration

English

Etymology

From French détérioration.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɪˌtiː.ɹi.ɔˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deterioration (countable and uncountable, plural deteriorations)

  1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
    • 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?”, in the Guardian‎:
      The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

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