demoralised

English

Verb

demoralised

1. simple past and past participle of demoralise
   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page xiii, Preface:

     In the Seventies the system was run-down and demoralised. Road transport was the future, the Underground was being 'managed for decline', and the system was filthier than the streets above.

References

• “demoralised”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.