verb
- Belittle.
- usage: "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- synonyms: deprecate, depreciate, vilipend
- Lower the value of something.
- usage: "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
- synonyms: depreciate
- Lose in value.
- usage: "The dollar depreciated again"
- synonyms: depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
adjective
- Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value.
- usage: "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
- synonyms: depreciative, depreciatory
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