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disparages

  • present tense form of disparage (3rd person singular).

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Warsh regularly disparages such models and the “economics guild” that developed them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 31, 2026

But it also disparages those susceptible to pseudofolliculitis barbae, a medical condition primarily affecting Black men like the show’s razor-shy recruit, wherein regular shaving causes inflammation and a higher likelihood of scarring and developing keloids.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2025

The order also directed officials to ensure that monuments do not contain content that disparages Americans.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

I would like to point out that the 18th-century world Messinger so disparages also gave us the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2023

He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri