deterioration

deteriorate | American Dictionary

deteriorate
verb[ I ]
us/dɪˈtɪr·i·əˌreɪt/
to become worse:
She went into the hospital when her condition began to deteriorate.

deterioration

noun[ U ]us/dɪˌtɪr·i·əˈreɪ·ʃən/
a deterioration in relations between the two countries

deteriorate | Business English

deteriorate
verb[ I ]
uk /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/us
to become worse:
If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will affect the firm's future performance.
Sales will decrease as economic conditions deteriorate.
Working conditions in the industry continue to deteriorate.
deteriorate rapidly/sharply/significantly
deteriorate steadily/slowly/gradually

Examples of deteriorate

deteriorate
When the patient ultimately deteriorates, the clinical staff should be supported if they decide that there should be no escalation in care.
When an older person's condition deteriorated, the helpers often had to provide more support.
The incremental mortality risk from climate-change-induced malaria, for example, would be valued differently to, say, the same increase in risk caused by deteriorating medical standards.
Elemental analyses of this deteriorated wood showed high levels of copper, chromium, iron, and lead, suggesting that a caustic chemical spill had occurred.
Our methods appear to permit this dependence, but at the expense of a badly deteriorated error estimate.
Our study addressed whether there is evidence for progression, potentially deteriorating, over the long-term course of the disorder.
The buildings that promised to be cheap and quick to construct also proved to be quick to deteriorate, suffering from poor ventilation and condensation.
Farmers were not only losing their share, but the water quality was also deteriorating every year due to the increasing use of pesticides.
These organisms have contributed to the poor condition of many of the labels on the chemical bottles and containers, and most have deteriorated.
Apparently there was a fear that some of the objects were being neglected and, thus, were deteriorating.
Because balance depends on multiple sensory inputs, it can deteriorate when any of these systems fails individually or collectively.
The "slow fires" of deteriorating acid paper took 100 years to ravage our print collections.
Over time, state control over the banks steadily deteriorated, as banqueros became the government's partner in financial regulation.
In addition, there is ample evidence that deteriorating macroeconomic conditions promote trade liberalization.
It is of note that his neurological status did not deteriorate, however radiotherapy given to the whole spine failed to prevent further relapses.
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