deteriorative

English

Etymology

deteriorate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪtɪv/

Adjective

deteriorative (comparative more deteriorative, superlative most deteriorative)

1. Causing deterioration.
   • 2007 June 24, Paul Von Zielbauer, “A Marine Tutorial on Media ‘Spin’”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This schema is especially fruitful for Mr. McGirk because if he tries to adapt our situation to this model it simultaneously exposes a “war crime cover-up” and shows the deteriorative (albeit exaggerated) effects of war on U.S. marines (the best of the best), which could be expanded by the general press as a testament for why the U.S. should pull out of Iraq.

Antonyms

• ameliorative
• nondeteriorative