Deterioration

Pronunciation

UK IPA: /dÉªËŒtÉªÉ™É¹ÉªÉ™ËˆÉ¹eÉªÊƒÉ™n/
US IPA: /dÉªËŒtiË.É¹i.É”ËˆÉ¹eÉª.ÊƒÉ™n/
Rhymes: -eÉªÊƒÉ™n

Origin

From French dÃ©tÃ©rioration.

Full definition of deterioration

Noun

deterioration

(countable and uncountable; plural deteriorations)

The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

2012, June 4, Lewis Smith, Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.