deprecate
verb (used with object)
to express earnest disapproval of.
deprecates
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present tense formof deprecate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
He is very scornful of the "penman," and it is on the general ground of his being a penman that he deprecates the existence of his late adversary, Mr. Ruskin.
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
