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impugn

[im-pyoon] / ɪmˈpyun /


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Ms. Nuzzi will not dignify efforts to impugn her character with any future response,” Nuzzi’s lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Stories like these are not told to impugn the professionalism and ethics of the American military.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2025

That’s not to say that a cynic would be shocked if somebody donated to charity or helped a stranger, but they might suspect or impugn the person’s motives.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Whatever he knows that he has done to others, he tries to impugn upon the next person.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

But none ever dared to impugn the correctness of her conduct.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas