debased
- adjective
- /dɪˈbeɪst/
- The company's decision to cut corners led to a debased product that disappointed customers.
It's very hard to avoid fake or debased money entering the system.
- It's very hard to avoid fake or debased money entering the system.
- And so you get a particularly debased sort of sexuality oriented towards exploitation, domination.
- So because the flatter is false, spurious and debased, they understand that they're committing a crime, they're doing injustice, Adekia against friendship.
- In that case, the so-called debased person may not saying I'm going to debase myself, but it looks like that from the outside, right?
Examples
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It's very hard to avoid fake or debased money entering the system.
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Developments in the modern world make that really hard, for the word has become debased and is almost meaningless.
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It's it's not just something like patriotism, you know, in, in its debased form.
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I feel utterly debased and like a backseat passenger in my marriage.
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In that case, the so-called debased person may not saying I'm going to debase myself, but it looks like that from the outside, right?
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So because the flatter is false, spurious and debased, they understand that they're committing a crime, they're doing injustice, Adekia against friendship.
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In his debased state, he lost sight of his values and became consumed by greed.
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Some argue that the art has become debased, lacking the originality and depth of earlier works.
Synonyms
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
Deserves strong blame or dislike
Lower in quality or value than before
Dishonest and morally ruined because of wrong actions
Made weaker or less effective because something is wrong
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
Having less worth than before, for example money, things, or a person's work
Less pure because cheaper or wrong ingredients are added
Made morally dirty, especially a place or thing people respect
Showing low moral quality, not honest or noble
Antonyms
How Degraded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Debased comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and base meaning 'low' or 'foundation', the same root you see in basement. So if something is debased it has been 'brought down' in value, quality, or moral standing.