gradual deterioration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualanddeterioration
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gradual
adjective
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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deterioration
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˌtɪə.ri.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/dɪˌtɪr.i.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact or process of ...
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(Definition ofgradualanddeteriorationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thisgradualdeteriorationis part of that.
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Yet they cannot cope, and you see agradualdeterioration.
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It resulted in thegradualdeteriorationof wages.
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I saw thegradualdeteriorationof that borough.
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During that period we saw agradualdeteriorationin wages.
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A meregradualdeteriorationseems to mean nothing to them.
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If there is agradualdeterioration, at what point does one say that thegradualdeteriorationis sufficiently bad that something must be done about breaking the contract?
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For most of the youths, the onset was slow withgradualdeterioration(58.8%) or slow with quick worsening (29.4%) rather than rapid (11.8%).
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Parents often struggle to advocate for their children within the health care system, whereas children try to control their health despite itsgradualdeterioration.
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In fact, since then there has been agradualdeteriorationin the situation.
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The structural members are, however, subject togradualdeteriorationwhich cannot be halted altogether.
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In the past, thegradualdeteriorationof fertile soil has been a complex process.
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There has been agradualdeteriorationin the general level of services provided by pleasure craft.
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Unfortunately, the money is not there to maintain them, so agradualdeteriorationis taking place.
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As to the nature of possible defects, we foresee a process ofgradualdeteriorationof the reinforced concrete structural members.
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In fact, many of us start getting a bit groggy before we retire and there is then agradualdeterioration.
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Each stage during thisgradualdeteriorationcan be characterized by a specific loss of visual function that can be compared with normal function before the onset of the disease.
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There is agradualdeteriorationof functioning with increased amotivation and reduced socialization.
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Although the crisis has come with appalling suddenness, it has really been the result of agradualdeteriorationin the position.
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In the school there are many children who are still partially-sighted but who will suffer agradualdeteriorationin their sight.
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Strike action by waste collection and disposal operatives is leading to a furthergradualdeteriorationin the level of service that is available.
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It is impossible to deny that in these matters a grave change has taken place, and that the public mind is greatly disturbed by thisgradualdeterioration.
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However, thegradualdeteriorationof those in the second group is often not noticed except, of course, by the carer who takes on more and more tasks.
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We are on a long haul, and we shall do better to face up to realities early than to do too little and risk furthergradualdeterioration.
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Without investment, we shall be left not with the status quo, but with agradualdeteriorationof the network as various parts of it become inoperative.
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