degenerate is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Adjective (COMPARABLE)

Comparative Superlative
more degenerate most degenerate
    (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
    (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
    (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
    • The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
degenerate degenerates
    One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
    • In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
degenerate degenerates degenerating degenerated degenerated
    (intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
    • His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
    (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

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