9 example sentences using degenerate.
Degenerate used in a sentence
Degenerate in a sentence as a noun
That is not the work of an *******, it is the work of a truly degenerate society.
Observing these hydrogen lines in the spectrum would be a smoking gun for the single degenerate model.
I don't want to see every story's comments degenerate into NSA discussion.
Degenerate in a sentence as a verb
So tough and rank cultures tend to fall into a degenerate, enervating pattern of oscillation from one extreme to the other.
It is also unfortunately true that some topics degenerate to flamewars on HN. Why Mongo is such catalyst is a phenomenon in itself.
A movement that seems to have contempt for as many people as the populist movement does seems like it could easily degenerate into its own tyranny and purging.
Degenerate in a sentence as an adjective
It's a three-base degenerate code, meaning that there are several three-base DNA sequences representing a given amino acid [1].
But these are generally rare degenerate cases that stem from poor application design, and would perform equally poorly on a single instance database.
At worst, they degenerate into sequential bouts of inflation, recession, retaliation, and sometimes actual violence.
Degenerate definitions
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
See also: devolve deteriorate drop
unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
See also: debauched degraded dissipated dissolute libertine profligate riotous fast