atrophy
Collocations
5ADJ.
next
VERB + ATROPHY
beginning, begins, let
ATROPHY + NOUN
it's, teachers
PREP.
from
ADV.
already, also, especially
Definitions
noun
A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers, especially, say they’re beginning to see the rot. The term for it is unlovely but not inapt: de-skilling.
verb
To wither or waste away.
Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.
The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from corduroy to jaw-rattling patchwork.
To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
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6Now that chatbots are going the way of Google—moving from the miraculous to the taken-for-granted—the anxiety has shifted, too, from apocalypse to atrophy. Teachers, especially, say they’re beginning
WiktionaryBoy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already.
WiktionaryThe M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from c
WiktionaryCold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion
WiktionaryDon't let your muscles atrophy.
Tatoeba · #5536368Astronauts' muscles atrophy when they spend a long time in zero gravity.
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