how to pronounce degenerate

/dɪˈdʒɛn.ə.ɹɛɪt/

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degenerate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of degenerate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the pleasures of degenerate art and even …”

meaning of degenerate

Degenerate means to become worse or to decline in quality.

degenerate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word degenerate occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics degenerate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that degenerate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;