- present participle of detract.
detracting
Example Sentences
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Detracting even more from the show’s innate sense of fun is its many mea culpas for the criticisms the show has received since its departure from the air nearly 20 years ago.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
The Sense of it is as follows: Does a Man reproach thee for being Proud or Ill-natured, Envious or Conceited, Ignorant or Detracting?
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph