degenerate
degenerate is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, degenerate is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofdegenerate
- One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
Example: "In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy."
- To lose good or desirable qualities.
Example: "His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital."
- To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
- (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
- (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
- (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
- Relating to degeneracy
- Having the same quantum energy level.
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