deprecate
Example Sentences
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“I therefore deprecate attempts to expound Wittgenstein’s thought as a finished thing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
It is easy to deprecate the single phrase inscribed atop the entrance to our courthouse by conceptualizing it as a mere platitude.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025
A lot of people don’t know that world, so I’m going to have to introduce myself to them and then self-deprecate enough to earn the opportunity to then deprecate them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025
“If there are products that aren’t resonating with customers we deprecate those items and look for other opportunities,” Taddy said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Because Eleanor has forgiven much, thou thinkest thyself secure; but if this last is not the coup de grâce in thy catalogue of contumacious infamies we shall be inclined to deprecate Eleanor's leniency.
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin
Vocabulary lists containing deprecate
Frankenstein
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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Grade 12, List 6
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