Cryptic crossword clue
Worn down — or marked down, in one’s 27? 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DEGRADED

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does DEGRADED mean?

DEGRADED verb
  1. To lower in value or social position.
  2. To reduce in quality or purity.
  3. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
DEGRADED adjective
  1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
  2. Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
  3. Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

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