as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
the depraved actions of a gang of madmen who had gained control of an entire nation
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as in perverted
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole
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Recent Examples of depraved
Devon O’Neil, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2025
Both suspects were charged with second degree murder with depraved indifference.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
The scene that follows—an intense grief followed by a quick return to the dull and depraved routine of trying to score their next hit—captures both the extremism and the banality of addiction and homelessness.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Riffs said the five suspects in Norquist's killing were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder under the state's depraved indifference statute.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
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It is staged in this quaint Tyrolean hamlet of 8,000 residents, and each year attracts 45,000 paying fans, as well as celebrities and politicians who intermingle with depraved commoners like few places in the winter world.
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Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom is a soap opera about a hospital where the doctors aren’t good-looking or vibrating with noble sentiment but generally corrupt or insane.—
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The Filipino-language thriller follows Dahlia, a disillusioned police aide who steals money from the safe of her corrupt police chief boss, distributing it to slum dwellers whose homes were destroyed.—
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Apple spent years ignoring RCS, allowing iPhones to offer a degraded messaging experience with Android users.—
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Figure 4 shows an example of a daytime camera image in degraded visibility conditions, of a 1 m wide buoy at a range of 2 nautical miles (3.6 miles).—
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For the past week and a half, the phone has been ringing off the hook at SeaWorld’s rescue program as an algae bloom in coastal waters has caused a surge of sick marine mammals and birds.—
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By many accounts, Planned Parenthood is an incurably sick beast whose time is nearing its end.—
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
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Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.—
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The iconic American bird was almost wiped out in the 1960s due to the pesticide DDT, which poisoned the eagles and made their eggs weak and flimsy.—
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The inside story of how this relationship deteriorated is worth a read.—
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The increase in tests came as relations with the United States and its regional allies deteriorated and Pyongyang pulled closer to Russia.—
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The influx of settlers and tourists displaced Native Hawaiians, limited their access to land, and diluted their cultural heritage, according to academics.—
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However, this protein content gets diluted when they're used to make almond milk, as the final product is primarily water.—
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“Depraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depraved. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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