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degenerate
adjective
°(of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to an undesirable and typically abnormal.
°(of a human or system) having lost good or desirable qualities.
noun
°One is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.
verb
°(of humans or systems) to lose good or desirable qualities;.