The Clue
Kicked downstairs (8 letter answer)
The Answer
DEGRADED
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Notes
The answer DEGRADED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
DEGRADE as a verb:
1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
2. (take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down) = reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
3. (degrade, cheapen) = lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
DEGRADED as an adjective:
1. (debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast) = unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
2. (debased, devalued, degraded) = lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"