degrading
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de·grad·ing
(dĭ-grā'dĭng) 
adj.
Tending or intended to degrade: "There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood" (W. Somerset Maugham).
degradingly de·grad'ing·ly adv.
adj.
Tending or intended to degrade: "There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood" (W. Somerset Maugham).
degradingly de·grad'ing·ly adv.
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degrading
IN BRIEF: Lowering grade, rank or status.
Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading.
— D. V. Lindley.
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