deprecate

“I therefore deprecate attempts to expound Wittgenstein’s thought as a finished thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

A lot of people don’t know that world, so I’m going to have to introduce myself to them and then self-deprecate enough to earn the opportunity to then deprecate them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

“If there are products that aren’t resonating with customers we deprecate those items and look for other opportunities,” Taddy said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

This word is imprecise and is used universally to deprecate the person or group described.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

What I deprecate, is not any discriminating use of reverent criticism, but a clumsy confusion of points essentially different.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon

He regularly deprecates himself with a dry wit.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2023

However, it is specified that the Speaker "deprecates personal remarks about other Members".

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2018

Though there is obviously truth in this approach, then and now, du Rivage deprecates it as much as it has ever been deprecated.

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

Conversely, she is deeply interested in how contemporary culture feeds on and deprecates female vulnerability and pain.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2017

The local population greatly deprecates the method of their northern countrymen.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss

“Blocking public posts makes no sense. It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute,” Mr. Musk tweeted.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

It was already deprecated last year when the company disabled Android Auto for Phone Screens on newer Android 12 devices.

From The Verge ● Jun. 3, 2022

But this is one of those shortcuts that needs to be deprecated because its basic premises no longer apply.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2019

In an article for the national tabloid Expressen, Engdahl deprecated the vulgarity of his opponents in the academy, and called them “a clique of bad losers … who plotted to wound and humiliate Katarina Frostenson”.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018

This lady was the cynosure of all eyes, not only on account of her capital riding but her dress, which I heard deprecated by some as "too loud."

From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Vielle Moustache

His own company SpaceX, he now says, despite previously deprecating the moon, will focus on developing a “self-growing city” there “in less than 10 years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

It’s niche, yes, but the folks interested in that niche are passionate about it, despite the deprecating memes.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024

As early as 1989, Gaines had conceived of a show that would juxtapose powerful contemporary work by Black Americans with deprecating excerpts by art critics, highlighting the profound mismeasure of these artists’ achievements.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

The latter, with its intro of “La-las,” was unlike anything on the radio at the time and with Holland’s deprecating lyrics about not having self-esteem, it was a song that struck a chord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

And she was fond of saying, in deprecating some item, “I couldn’t write a line with that in the house.”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison