worsening

Examples of worsened

worsened

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

His condition had worsened since his last visit 1 week earlier.
Factions within parties, alignments and realignments within parties, and self-serving coalitions further worsened matters.
When they do so, the causal chain leading to a group's being worsened is longer than the causal chain leading to another group's being benefited.
Interviews were carried out by independent assessors blind to treatment condition to determine whether these problems had improved or worsened after treatment.
The situation worsened in the 1980s when the attempted political openness along with electoral gains made the system more generous.
As was the case with poverty, income inequality has worsened since 1994.
Other things being equal, and in line with equation (11), this worsened inflationary pressures resulting from conflict over the distribution of income.
To the contrary, maladjustment not only persisted but, on average, worsened after grade retention.
Patients who assessed themselves as much worsened and vastly worsened were classified as having deteriorated.
Many egalitarians would reject sexist laws and a sexist culture even if, bizarrely, neither made outcomes worse for women, nor worsened their opportunities.
However, these variables did not explain the variability of costs and worsened model fitting.
In urban areas, the data suggest, the distribution of income worsened during the period under review.
The result, understandably, was acrimony, worsened by fierce disputes at the provincial level between cash-strapped provinces and providers.
She had remained extubated until approximately one week before transfer to our institute, but was intubated because of possibly worsened congestive heart failure versus sepsis.
However, she was advised to inform the team if this worsened.
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