# deteriorating

Pronunciation: say "di-TEER-ee-uh-ray-ting" US /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪ.tɪŋ/, UK /dɪˈtɪəɹ.i.əɹˌeɪ.tɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Growing worse in quality, condition, or state over time.
   - Simple: Becoming worse than before.
   - _The museum struggled to protect its deteriorating manuscripts from further damage._
   - _Negotiators met against a backdrop of deteriorating relations between the two countries._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of deteriorate. — present participle and gerund of deteriorate
   - Simple: Present participle of deteriorate. Use this -ing form when something is getting worse right now.
   - _The coastline is slowly deteriorating under constant erosion._
   - _Investors grew nervous as the company's finances kept deteriorating._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/deteriorating (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).