Definition of degenerating:
(adj) :
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
(adj) :
(of a person or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt. ABR
(v) :
(intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
(v) :
(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
(n) :
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
(adj) :
Having lost functionality in general.