- a variation of depreciatory.
depreciative
Example Sentences
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Many goldbugs cite the troubling depreciative nature of fiat paper currencies that aren't backed up by anything real.
From US News ● Jun. 22, 2016
As Katherine Martin, head of U.S. dictionaries at Oxford University Press, points out the term “female” has had depreciative connotations for longer than one might expect.
From Time ● Apr. 19, 2016
With regard to the old monk's criticism it must be remembered that old age is always rather depreciative in criticism of the present and over-appreciative of what happened in the past se pueris.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
During the journey he related with an indifferent air his hunting exploits in this or that forest of the Peninsula, adopting a tone somewhat depreciative, as suited the case, toward hunting in Filipinas.
From The Reign of Greed by Charles E. Derbyshire
Some of the commentaries on Auenbrugger's work are not entirely depreciative, however.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
