devaluate

[dee-val-yoo-eyt]

verb (used with or without object)

devaluated, devaluating 

1. to devalue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of devaluate¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; de- + value + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

He added that the long-term cost of EV ownership, "coupled with the fact that cars devaluate after 10 years", mean it "doesn't make any logical sense to buy one in the current economic climate".

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“Humility doesn’t consist in devaluating oneself but rather in that healthy realism that makes us recognize our potential and also our misery,” Francis said.

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Discussions about devaluating the Iraqi dinar, which has been pegged to the dollar for decades, have been going on for weeks as the government worked to finalized the 2021 budget.

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"Any attempt to assign a monetary value to the human body," it says, risks "devaluating the very human life we seek to save".

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China "will never go down the path of stimulating exports by devaluating its currency", Premier Li Keqiang said last week.

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Related Words

• depress 
• devalue 
• diminish 
• lessen 
• undervalue