malign
Example Sentences
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"The malicious and malign intent is really sinister," the officer said.
From BBC
Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish—retained critical and popular esteem, but most were ignored by middle-class tastemakers or maligned as conduits of cultural degeneration.
Software developers should commit to continuous monitoring through “algorithmic canaries” — models designed to spot malign content like fake news — and external, independent audits of their algorithms.
From Washington Post
Last year, The Washington Post reported that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, had hired a consulting firm to malign the app in local news media across the country.
From Washington Post
And when Swift, in a one-legged bodysuit embroidered with a snake motif, performed selections from “Reputation,” she showed just how wrongly maligned that album was upon its release.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
