discredit
verb (used with object)
to injure the credit or reputation of; defame.
discredited
Example Sentences
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Long before Oz entered politics, for example, he’d been discredited for dispensing a vast array of scientifically unsound medical advice on “The Dr. Oz Show,” which Winfrey’s Harpo Productions co-produced.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
This account lines up with the information provided in the CIA cables from the previously discredited Giaka.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
These measures, enacted by more than half the states, shielded children from a discredited and abusive practice that fails to achieve its aims while inflicting serious, lasting psychological harms.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
He’s discredited the idea that the two politicians have some kind of a sibling rivalry and noted that their trajectories ran adjacent and never collided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
The agreement infuriated Chief Buthelezi, who severed relations with the NP and formed an alliance with a group of discredited homeland leaders and white right-wing parties solely concerned with obtaining an Afrikaner homeland.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
