deprecate
verb (used with object)
to express earnest disapproval of.
half-deprecatingly
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a word derived from
deprecate.
Example Sentences
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He put up his hand instinctively, half-deprecatingly, half in self-defence.
From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed
