5
short-term(adjective, transient)
5
sliding(verb, deteriorating)
5
slipping(verb, deteriorating)
5
wasting(noun, verb, decline, ruin, collapse)
4
aging
4
attenuation(noun, debilitation)
4
crumbling(adjective, decline, ruin, collapse, failing)
4
decadence(noun, decline, ruin, collapse, failing)
4
decreasing(adjective, lessening, deteriorating)
4
degenerating(verb, deteriorating)
4
departing(verb, disappearing)
4
diminishing(adjective, weakening, lessening, dying, wearying)
4
dissipation(noun, escape, going, loss, passing)
4
drooping(adjective, weakening, wearying, flagging, shriveling)
4
expiring(verb, adjective)
4
fugacious(adjective, brief, transitory, short-lived)
4
fugitive(adjective, brief, transitory, short-lived)
4
lapsing(verb, deteriorating)
4
shriveling
4
wane(noun, escape, going, loss, passing)
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