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discredited

ADJECTIVE
repudiated
Synonyms


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This account lines up with the information provided in the CIA cables from the previously discredited Giaka.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Two concurring justices favored harmless-error review, which would preserve the verdict if the state proved, “beyond a reasonable doubt,” that the discredited testimony did not affect the outcome.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

But thanks to a thoroughly discredited British doctor who claimed to document changes in behavior in children given the MMR vaccine, creating the so-called “Wakefield effect,” some of this progress has been undone.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2026

Here, then, is a sampling of predictions, which range from the discredited to pseudoscience to the bizarre.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

He discredited both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the very book that had been so much a part of his belief system.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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