biodegraded
past simple and past participle ofbiodegrade
biodegrade
verb[I]
uk/ˌbaɪ.əʊ.dɪˈɡreɪd/us/ˌbaɪ.oʊ.dɪˈɡreɪd/todecaynaturallyand in a way that is notharmful:
Someplasticsaredesignedto biodegrade whentheirusefullifeis over.
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Examplesofbiodegraded
biodegraded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We seek to increase the figure gradually over the next decade, to ensure that the products that might go into the water and cause a particular problem arebiodegraded.
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Canadian oil sands are much colder and morebiodegraded, so bitumen recovery rates are usually only about 5-6%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A smaller trommel then allows thebiodegradedsoil fraction to pass through leaving non-biodegradable, recyclable materials on the screen to be collected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many people speculated that subsurface oil droplets were being easilybiodegraded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Maleic anhydride and maleic acid arebiodegradedunder aerobic conditions in sewage sludge and in soil and water as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Small droplets are easier to disperse throughout a water volume, and small droplets may be more readilybiodegradedby microbes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even in anaerobic conditions at least 80% of the original volume isbiodegradedafter 15 days with 90% degradation after 4 weeks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gangliosides are made andbiodegradedrapidly in early life as the brain develops.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Alcohols containing ethylene oxides of length are considered to be rapidlybiodegraded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of the oil does not appear to havebiodegradedat all.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eventually it was either trapped in an oil reservoir or oil escaped to the surface and wasbiodegradedby soil bacteria.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Organic compounds arebiodegradedand may cause oxygen-depletion issues.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One campaign group has suggested they are never fullybiodegraded.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The only real thing keeping him from pursuing her is disrupting the families, who will often determine that they don't want the polluter's and the biodegraded's kids together.
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