degraded

See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈɡɹeɪdəd/

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.

2. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
   • 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea:

     The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana

3. (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

• (deprived of dignity): humiliated

degraded

1. simple past tense and past participle of degrade