Are these cloths debased by the use of shoddy?
He distorted and debased the debate on prisons and punishment.
We are rapidly debasing the idea of being civilised by removing dignity from some of the most vulnerable people in our community.
I made the point that this constant debasing left a loophole for unscrupulous manufacturers.
If they are not safeguarded, their value can be debased.
If we merely turn technical colleges into universities because we want more people to have degrees, then the degree is debased.
If there are too many priorities, the currency gets debased.
They have looked upon it as a degrading, dehumanising, debasing thing.