discredit
verb (used with object)
to injure the credit or reputation of; defame.
will discredit
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future tenseof discredit.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“There will be a segment that will discredit her ability to serve.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
And nothing will discredit him more effectively than reading one of them.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2019
Some worry the accusations leveled against Argento will discredit the #MeToo movement.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2018
Father Solalinde believes that the movement that emerges from the tragedy of Ayotzinapa will discredit the traditional parties and bring about a regeneration of civil society, with new leaders.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2014
Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery.'
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
