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as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
considering that he's a member of the old school, his deprecation of contemporary manners isn't surprising
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as in depreciation
the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant
she had low self-esteem, so she made up for it with a near-constant deprecation of other people
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Recent Examples of deprecation
Jonas said in the Q&A to big laughs, demonstrating a healthy sense of self-deprecation.
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Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Such a deprecation of Fitbit’s flagships lines was predictable, given their audiences overlap with that of the Pixel Watch family.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Missoni revenues total around 130 million euros, with earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation and amortization expected to reach 20 million euros.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Such a deprecation of Fitbit’s flagships lines was predictable, given their audiences overlap with that of the Pixel Watch family.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Missoni revenues total around 130 million euros, with earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation and amortization expected to reach 20 million euros.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprecation
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The President is distrusted on the economy and has, per Fox News, a disapproval rating of an astonishing fifty-nine per cent.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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China is Pyongyang’s biggest trading partner and major ally, but Beijing has expressed disapproval over the years at North Korea’s test-launches of missiles that could be used to target South Korea and the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There's also the robot lifespan to consider; a March 12 SEC filing cited a four-year depreciation period for them.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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That level of infrastructure spend will accelerate depreciation and probably compress margins, but management is clearly signaling a long-duration bet on AI as the core growth engine for GOOG.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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At the jail in the Dade County Courthouse, Zangara confessed and expounded on his dislike for heads of state.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Mitch Prinstein, who researches technology and brain development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says teens shouldn't be getting notifications or at least not as many notifications of likes, or dislikes.—
Carmel Wroth,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the days and weeks following the Hamas massacre of innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023, students and colleagues alike in his academic community posted fiery condemnations of and expressions of moral disgust toward … Israel.—
Jesse Brown,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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Without it, moral disagreement can quickly descend into condemnation.—
Eranda Jayawickreme,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
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Her organization has drawn sharp criticism from pro-Israel groups.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Bart Jansen Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed criticism of the United States and Israel from Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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From the start, the denigration of the Iranian monarchy was at the center of the Islamic Republic’s official ideology.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Trump is, of course, a man whose rise to power has been fueled by his denigration of people for being animal-like.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2026
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King sued the league for defamation and the city of Independence for violating his civil rights.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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Lake Court House Foundation permanently banned five individuals, including a local photographer, from entering the property’s bounds due to allegations of trespassing and defamation.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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And though Chalamet did not make such insults himself, his comments fit into this broader context of disparagement and dismissal.—
Chloe Angyal,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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As February ended, some of the things coming out of the coaches’ mouths felt more like despair than disparagement.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Deprecation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprecation. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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