demoralized
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]demoralized (comparative more demoralized, superlative most demoralized)
- disheartened.
- 2019 September 5, Sarah Leonard, “The Fall of the Meritocracy”, in The New Republic[1]:
- The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule?
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]demoralized
- simple past and past participle of demoralize