Verb
- 1. deprecate, depreciate, vilipend, disparage, belittle, pick at
- usage: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- 2. depreciate, devalue
- usage: lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
- 3. depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
- usage: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
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