deprecate

“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

It’s a big lift, though: Consumers have Netflix and Facebook at their fingertips, and newsrooms that were cut in half are pivoting online and relying on digital metrics that deprecate routine civic coverage.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

We deprecate such grovelling servility in the people as much as we pity the pride of the nobles.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton

He regularly deprecates himself with a dry wit.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2023

However, it is specified that the Speaker "deprecates personal remarks about other Members".

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2018

Though there is obviously truth in this approach, then and now, du Rivage deprecates it as much as it has ever been deprecated.

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

Conversely, she is deeply interested in how contemporary culture feeds on and deprecates female vulnerability and pain.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2017

Therefore Judaism deprecates every attempt to present a single individual, be he ever so noble or wise, as the ideal of all human perfection, as a perfect man, free from fault or blemish.

From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler

“Blocking public posts makes no sense. It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute,” Mr. Musk tweeted.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

The current Meet app will be called “Meet Original,” and eventually deprecated.

From The Verge ● Jun. 1, 2022

Older’s story shows us the uncomfortable disconnect between treating Shristi’s robot, Naneen, like a cherished caregiver and treating it like a deprecated piece of hardware.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2019

In an article for the national tabloid Expressen, Engdahl deprecated the vulgarity of his opponents in the academy, and called them “a clique of bad losers … who plotted to wound and humiliate Katarina Frostenson”.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018

He deprecated this; but I still think it would have been a good title, because strictly true.

From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres

His own company SpaceX, he now says, despite previously deprecating the moon, will focus on developing a “self-growing city” there “in less than 10 years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

It’s niche, yes, but the folks interested in that niche are passionate about it, despite the deprecating memes.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024

As early as 1989, Gaines had conceived of a show that would juxtapose powerful contemporary work by Black Americans with deprecating excerpts by art critics, highlighting the profound mismeasure of these artists’ achievements.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

Mainstream historians, even while deprecating his politics and calling his opposition to aiding Britain misguided, nevertheless give him points for principle and integrity.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023

“It just occurred to me you might be interested,” he would say with a deprecating little laugh whenever he produced a new fragment.

From "1984" by George Orwell