write sb/sth off
— phrasal verb with write uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/verb wrote, written or old use writ
C2 to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful:
A lot of companies seem to write people off if they're over 50.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- never
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scorn
- scornful
- scruple
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- wave sth aside
- write
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