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depreciatory

[ dih-pree-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -pree-shuh- ]

adjective

  1. tending to depreciate.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • non»å±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð·±è°ù±ðc¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of depreciatory1

First recorded in 1795–1805; depreciate + -ory 1
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Example Sentences

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Any depreciatory anecdotes would be very telling, and serve to evoke indignant free replies from those who wouldn't guess they were jumping to a prepared bait.

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To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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He limped along a pace or so behind, making depreciatory noises in response to these flattering remarks and taking stock of the very appreciative person who uttered them.

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Perhaps political party is more universal than any other bad influence without, in misguiding Englishmen into ill-natured, or contemptuous, or depreciatory judgments of their neighbours and fellow-townsmen.

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His adjective "little" was not depreciatory; Malachi Hill was, in fact, short.

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