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deteriorating

dih-TEERR-ee-uhr-ay-tihng
adj
1
Getting steadily worse.
"Doctors described his deteriorating condition as serious."

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In plain EnglishCurrently in the process of getting worse.

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more deteriorating comparative, most deteriorating superlative

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