discredit
verb (used with object)
to injure the credit or reputation of; defame.
is discrediting
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present progressiveof discredit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“There are very clear regulations which govern outside employment … as well as prohibitions on behavior that is discrediting to the service,” said captain Jason Salata, a Navy Seals spokesman.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2017
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture is discrediting SPI in meetings with its distributors and business partners abroad.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Samuel Vaknin
It is discrediting the ideals, which were born of the lives of men, who were our greatest and best.
From The Spirit of Japan by Rabindranath Tagore
And, dear Sir, is it not a sad thing for a young lady, who loves and honours her papa, to observe, that he is discrediting himself, and wants the example he ought to give?
From Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson
