deterioration

Examples of deteriorated

deteriorated

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

When an older person's condition deteriorated, the helpers often had to provide more support.
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.
These organisms have contributed to the poor condition of many of the labels on the chemical bottles and containers, and most have deteriorated.
Over time, state control over the banks steadily deteriorated, as banqueros became the government's partner in financial regulation.
Once the threat of exclusion subsided, fiscal performance in these three countries deteriorated again.
Unfortunately, the medallion is severely deteriorated, and the headdress has not been preserved; in fact, all that remains of the face are the round eyepieces.
His health had deteriorated and his eyesight, sadly, was failing, but he was able to retain many of his interests until his brief final illness.
Despite mechanical ventilation and increased cathecolamines, his general condition deteriorated rapidly, and he died in low output cardiac failure on the next day.
Patients who assessed themselves as much worsened and vastly worsened were classified as having deteriorated.
Polysomes were not obvious, which is an indication of the deteriorated condition and correlated with declining protein synthesis.
It was found that the addition of the expander 0 collimator deteriorated beam transpor t efficiency.
When state capacity was greatly reduced due to the economic and political crisis, the situation quickly deteriorated and conflict escalated.
The patient had seen another patient whose condition deteriorated after nasal bleeding, leading to death.
The house was then in fairly bad condition, and it has deteriorated further during the last few years.
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