deteriorative
English
Etymology
deteriorate + -ive
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪtɪv/
Adjective
deteriorative (comparative more deteriorative, superlative most deteriorative)
- Causing deterioration.
- 2007 June 24, Paul Von Zielbauer, “A Marine Tutorial on Media ‘Spin’”, in New York Times:
- This schema is especially fruitful for Mr. McGirk because if he tries to adapt our situation to this model it simultaneously exposes a “war crime cover-up” and shows the deteriorative (albeit exaggerated) effects of war on U.S. marines (the best of the best), which could be expanded by the general press as a testament for why the U.S. should pull out of Iraq.
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Antonyms
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