Meaning of DEPRECIATIVE
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- [adj] tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
- [adj] tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
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| Synonyms: | | belittling, decreasing, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciating, depreciatory, slighting, uncomplimentary |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \De*pre"ci*a`tive\, a.
Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation;
undervaluing. -- {De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly}, adv.
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