depreciate
verb (used with object)
to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
were depreciating
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past progressiveof depreciate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He also still had more than 100,000 shares of Piggly Wiggly that were depreciating in value, and he had no place to sell them.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021
But even little investors felt that with more inflation ahead, it was better to have their assets in stocks, which were going up, than in dollars, which were depreciating.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stornham Court and its surroundings were depreciating seriously in value through need of radical repairs etc.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Yet, curiously, one of the most bitter charges constantly reiterated against us was that we were depreciating the study of ancient classical literature.
From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by Andrew Dickson White
If we give faith its due prominence, the mere moralist reprobates our principles as if we were depreciating works.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
