demean
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I don’t mean to demean his abilities as a businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
"Germany objects to use of terms and comparison related to Nazi Germany that are historically, politically and morally wrong because they demean the victims and raise false implications," he said in a recent X post.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
“Way to demean and diminish your customer base. If it were a joke it’d be funny.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
From Amazon forcing workers to urinate in bottles to Walmart penalizing employees for taking sick days, employers everywhere use and abuse their authority in the workplace to humiliate, demean, and harass workers.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025
I, on the other hand, held the opinion that to draw such a parallel tended to demean the 'dignity' of the likes of Mr Marshall.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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