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derogatory

[dih-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / dɪˈrɒg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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When the researchers used a different calculation that removed severely derogatory balances, they found that the pace of delinquencies stabilized after 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

At one point, Peter Grossman said he could not recall a derogatory comment he had made about Nancy Iskander to his wife.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

“Worst-case scenario is that the sort of information that they are reporting, including the ‘no data available,’ provides, essentially, derogatory information to potential creditors and future landlords,” Dempsey said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate May 26, 2026

“Sixers” was the derogatory nickname gunters had given to employees of Innovative Online Industries.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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