Definition: 1. Become worse or disintegrate. 2. Grow worse.
Use 'deteriorate' in a sentence:
1. The position of the have-nots in our society could deteriorate even further.
2. Seeds with moisture contents higher than 6% deteriorated rapidly;
3. Women somehow deteriorate during the night。
4. If anything, the employment situation is likely to deteriorate in 2009.
5. Most importantly, buildings need love if they are not to deteriorate.
6. The chemicals on shoes can deteriorate air quality.
7. Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?
8. His work has deteriorated in the last month.
9. The weather conditions are deteriorating.
10. Did our society deteriorate?
11. Signals running through fiber-optic cables deteriorate, and so the signals must be run through a piece of equipment called a regenerator before being transmitted farther.
12. Relations between the superpowers have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks.
13. Print media deteriorate the development uneven situation of competitive sports.
14. Don't avoid situations that may deteriorate; try to mend them.
15. The dust and toxic chemicals you bring into your house via your shoes can deteriorate the air quality in your home.
16. It is saddening to see that relations between the two countries should have deteriorated to the present state.
17. This food will deteriorate rapidly on contact with air.
18. The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending.
19. The patients whose symptoms deteriorate tend to be those who continue to smoke.
20. Air pollution is deteriorating in many places around the world.
21. Ground coffee can deteriorate at a pretty quick clip.
22. Critics say that medical care will deteriorate if damages are capped.
23. Deliverable quality or service quality starts to deteriorate.
24. There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war.
25. But as animals age, the systems deteriorate, and protein begins to build up.
26. Old objects continue to deteriorate.
27. Fatigue is a damage accumulation process in which material property deteriorates continuously.
28. There is an unquestionable link between job losses and deteriorating services.
29. The Development and Impact of Deteriorating Terms of Trade Theory.
30. The labor market has begun to deteriorate.
31. So reliability is likely to deteriorate further.
32. The performance of concrete structures would deteriorate with time under environmental effects.
33. Virus activity deteriorates in plasma stored at room temperature.
34. He targets the economy as the root cause of the deteriorating law and order situation.
35. Study on pricing model of perishable goods in random deteriorating time.
36. Dirt can deteriorate your furniture so frequent cleaning is key to longevity.
37. Effect of Different Control Model on Antierodibility of Seriously Deteriorated Red Soil.
38. Employment data have also continued to deteriorate.
39. When one system deteriorated, the integrated system could improve the positioning accuracy effectively.
40. Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
41. The good news for them is that things are not getting worse; the bad news is that this is because they cannot deteriorate any further.
42. His condition got worse and worse.; His condition steadily deteriorated.
43. Water quality can deteriorate in the summer.
44. A Study of Inventory Management for Deteriorating Items.
45. From all appearances, the situation was only going to deteriorate.
46. Let's talk about the speed with which we're watching this market deteriorate.
47. Their performance will deteriorate and hot money will move elsewhere.
48. The situation is expected to deteriorate in the coming years.
49. After a few years' planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates.
50. After a long period, alcoholism can deteriorate the liver, the brain and other parts of the body.
51. Grant's health steadily deteriorated.
52. And the question is to what extent the situation continues to deteriorate.
53. Paintings must have rigid stretchers so that the canvas will be taut, and the paint must not deteriorate, crack, or discolor.
54. The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.
55. Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.
