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uk/ˈdep.rə.keɪt/us/ˈdep.rə.keɪt/formaldeprecate verb (NOT APPROVE)
[ T not continuous ] to not approve of something or say that you do not approve of something:
We deprecate this use of company funds for political purposes.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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deprecate verb (NOT VALUE)
[ T ] to say that you think something is of little value or importance:
He always deprecates my achievements.
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Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- 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
- write sb/sth off
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deprecation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdep.rəˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdep.rəˈkeɪ.ʃən/