deprecate

“I therefore deprecate attempts to expound Wittgenstein’s thought as a finished thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

A lot of people don’t know that world, so I’m going to have to introduce myself to them and then self-deprecate enough to earn the opportunity to then deprecate them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

Yet, many of those proclaiming their commitment to feeding the world take every opportunity to deprecate and obstruct the use of these proven safe technologies.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

It’s a big lift, though: Consumers have Netflix and Facebook at their fingertips, and newsrooms that were cut in half are pivoting online and relying on digital metrics that deprecate routine civic coverage.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021

But to eulogise education and to deprecate its results is dishonest.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman

He regularly deprecates himself with a dry wit.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2023

However, it is specified that the Speaker "deprecates personal remarks about other Members".

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2018

Though there is obviously truth in this approach, then and now, du Rivage deprecates it as much as it has ever been deprecated.

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

Conversely, she is deeply interested in how contemporary culture feeds on and deprecates female vulnerability and pain.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2017

He answered Clyne, but his eyes, looking beyond his patron, sought Henrietta's in modest deprecation; much as the dog which is not assured of its reception seeks, yet deprecates its master's glance.

From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman

“Blocking public posts makes no sense. It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute,” Mr. Musk tweeted.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

It was already deprecated last year when the company disabled Android Auto for Phone Screens on newer Android 12 devices.

From The Verge ● Jun. 3, 2022

As ronsmith7’s Reddit post mentioned, the number of citations to the Daily Mail on Wikipedia has decreased dramatically in the three years since the publication was deprecated.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2021

In an article for the national tabloid Expressen, Engdahl deprecated the vulgarity of his opponents in the academy, and called them “a clique of bad losers … who plotted to wound and humiliate Katarina Frostenson”.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018

He so deprecated the lack of central power in the government that he exaggerated the dangers of the people's rule.

From Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles Bolton

His own company SpaceX, he now says, despite previously deprecating the moon, will focus on developing a “self-growing city” there “in less than 10 years.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

It’s niche, yes, but the folks interested in that niche are passionate about it, despite the deprecating memes.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024

As early as 1989, Gaines had conceived of a show that would juxtapose powerful contemporary work by Black Americans with deprecating excerpts by art critics, highlighting the profound mismeasure of these artists’ achievements.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

The latter, with its intro of “La-las,” was unlike anything on the radio at the time and with Holland’s deprecating lyrics about not having self-esteem, it was a song that struck a chord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

“It just occurred to me you might be interested,” he would say with a deprecating little laugh whenever he produced a new fragment.

From "1984" by George Orwell