deprecate
verb (used with object)
to express earnest disapproval of.
had been deprecating
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past perfect progressiveof deprecate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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His voice had been deprecating before—it was firm now.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
