depreciatory
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"Given that investor concern over domestic policy has not been resolved, we expect depreciatory pressure on the rupiah to persist," BMI said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
I did a lot of self depreciatory jokes aimed at myself, aimed at my colour because I had seen a lot of other black comedians do it.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2016
But at the core of it are the exorcism prayers themselves, which are composed of the imperative and the depreciatory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Johnston had chartered a private plane, was waiting on the platform at every major stop, issuing depreciatory statements.
From Time Magazine Archive
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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