discredited

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He’s discredited the idea that the two politicians have some kind of a sibling rivalry and noted that their trajectories ran adjacent and never collided.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Along with the 13 who told the BBC they were pressured to embellish their evidence or lie, that means the evidence of 15 key prosecution witnesses has now been discredited or undermined.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

In the 1970s, a new nonprofit, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, was established with government endorsement to replace the discredited Accounting Principles Board.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Since his conviction, shaken baby syndrome has been discredited in the scientific community.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

By giving prestige to the Swiss, he discredited his own troops, for he did away entirely with his foot-soldiers and obliged his cavalry to depend upon the abilities of others.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli