Antonyms for deteriorationde·te·ri·o·ra·tion

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1. deterioration

   Alloy may be either some admixture of baser with precious metal, as for giving hardness to coin or the like, or it may be a compound or mixture of two or more metals. Adulteration, debasement, and deterioration are always used in the bad sense; admixture is neutral, and may be good or bad; alloy is commonly good in the literal sense. An excess of alloy virtually amounts to adulteration; but adulteration is now mostly restricted to articles used for food, drink, medicine, and kindred uses. In the figurative sense, as applied to character, etc., alloy is unfavorable, because there the only standard is perfection.

   Synonyms:
   admixture, adulteration, alloy, debasement

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1. deterioration, impairmentnoun

   a symptom of reduced quality or strength

   Synonyms:
   constipation, stultification, worsening, harm, disablement, disability, declension, handicap, impairment, deadening, damage, decline in quality

2. deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worseningnoun

   process of changing to an inferior state

   Synonyms:
   fall, downslope, declivity, declination, worsening, decline in quality, declension, impairment, descent, decline

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1. deteriorationnoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, degeneration, retrogression, vitiation, corruption, debasement

How to use deterioration in a sentence?

1. Blerina Uruci:

   The December report suggests a further deterioration in home sales.

2. Julian Evans-Pritchard:

   The July data suggest that the post-lockdown recovery lost steam as the one-off boost from reopening fizzled out and mortgage boycotts triggered a renewed deterioration in the property sector.

3. David Beasley:

   Because of Covid, conflict, economic deterioration, the numbers of people marching to the brink of starvation has spiked to now about 13 to 14 million people.

4. The WFP:

   A concerted response is required now to alleviate immediate suffering, and to prevent an alarming deterioration in food security.

5. Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti:

   If we sent 5,000 up to men to Afghanistan, in a country like Libya that concerns us much more closely and in which the risk of deterioration is much more worrying for Italy, our mission could be substantial and demanding, also in terms of numbers.

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