impugn
verb (used with object)
to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
impugns
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present tense formof impugn (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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We’ve learned a lot about women’s rights and the suffrage movement, and do we hear men saying that it shouldn’t be taught because it impugns men?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
“For people to say we’re somehow manipulating the system — I do take offense, because that impugns my integrity as a system operator.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
He also said it “tacitly impugns the integrity” of judges to suggest that they could not meet performance standards.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2018
“It wouldn’t stop colleagues from following their own research, but it’s pretty discouraging. It impugns the reputation of science in general and scientists in that field in particular.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2017
Though as his Opinion of a future State has nothing in it which impugns the Christian Religion, I shall set it down in few Words.
From Of Captain Mission by Daniel Defoe
