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What is the opposite of development?

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Noun
Opposite of the build up to something more advanced
“Recent years have seen a decline in the company's influence within the industry.”
Noun
Opposite of a newly occurring incident in a current state of affair
“Our reporters have reached a standstill in their reporting due to authorities blocking their access to the site.”
Noun
Opposite of the process of growing up
“Her regression would begin with her experiencing fatigue and a general lack of energy.”
Noun
Opposite of the progressive aspect of a learned skill
“The diminishment in his performance can only be attributed to his inability to cope with the loss of his coach.”
Noun
Opposite of the creation or forming of
“Plans call for the demolition of the racetrack and grandstand to provide the necessary space for expansion.”
Noun
Opposite of the resultant occurrence
“The chief cause of the end of the cold war was the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.”
Noun
Opposite of the action or state of enlarging or being enlarged
Noun
Opposite of the final result, or outcome of something
Noun
Opposite of the act or process of being transformed into a different form
Noun
Opposite of an improvement to the quality or state of something
Noun
Opposite of the arrival of a notable person or thing
Noun
(of plants or species) Opposite of the process of maturation or development
“The withering of plants can be accelerated through the use of herbicide.”
Noun
Opposite of the process of bringing something into existence
Noun
Opposite of the unbroken and consistent existence or progress of something over space or time
Noun
Opposite of the state of being educated or enlightened
Noun
Opposite of an occurrence, or something that happens
“As it turned out, it was nothing!”
Noun
Opposite of the action of establishing something or being established
Noun
Opposite of something invented through research and development
Noun
Opposite of the produced result or effect of a particular process or event
“Like coin tosses, there may be no salient causation to be discerned in the outcomes.”
Noun
Opposite of something, typically a process or device, that has been invented
Noun
Opposite of an event or occurrence, especially one that is noteworthy
Noun
Opposite of a general direction in which something is developing or changing
“He also continues to cut on film, a noticeable deviation from the industry standard of nonlinear digital editing.”
Noun
Opposite of something created or contrived, usually with new or advanced features
“Two years later he wrote an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, called by novelist Tom Sharpe the archetypal picture of English life.”
Noun
Opposite of the process of becoming different
Stagnation in our product is acceptable for now as it is still dominant in the market.”
Noun
Opposite of the action of establishing something or being established
Noun
Opposite of an incident or event
Noun
Opposite of the action of becoming larger or more extensive
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