Definition of "degenerated" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of degenerate. (verb)

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• "The most pathetic thing in the world is that the Tea Party has degenerated from a real populist movement (that was years overdue) to a group of racists and nutcases trying to protect the Republicans from accountability."
• "Is VDH the military historian, classicist demonstrably smarter and more reasonable than VDH the pundit, or has his brain degenerated overall like someone with mad cow disease?"
• "Second, society degenerated from the 'greatest generation' boldness needed for the venture."