deteriorativeadj.
/dɪˈtɪərɪərətɪv/ Causing or tending to deterioration.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > making or tending to
downhill1565
declining1597
deformative1641
deteriorative1800
exhaustive1817
worsening1835
deteriorating1836
degenerative1846
1800 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 346 The deteriorative expedient of removal of moisture by heat.
1808 G. Edwards Plain Pract. Plan ii. 13 Pretended plans of improvement..which are actually ruinous, or deteriorative.
1879 Richardson in Nature 23 Oct. 618/2 The whole course of life had undergone a deteriorative change.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1800- receptiveness
- receptivenesses
- receptivities
- receptivity
- receptment
- receptor
- receptor-destroying enzyme
- receptoral
- receptordestroying enzyme
- receptors
- receptory
- recepts
- receptual
- receptually
- recercelée
- recertificate
- recertification
- recertifications
- recertified
- recertifies
- recertify
- recertifying
- recess
- recess bed
- recess curtain