depreciative

Example Sentences

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Many goldbugs cite the troubling depreciative nature of fiat paper currencies that aren't backed up by anything real.

From US News • Jun. 22, 2016

As Katherine Martin, head of U.S. dictionaries at Oxford University Press, points out the term “female” has had depreciative connotations for longer than one might expect.

From Time • Apr. 19, 2016

Fernanda talked of her late husband in a tone that lapsed from compassionate to depreciative, for she had lived with him in a state of antagonism of ideas and tastes that had kept them apart.

From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando

This was characteristic of him—­ever depreciative of self, and rejoicing in other men’s labours.

From Fletcher of Madeley by Allen, Brigadier Margaret

During the journey he related with an indifferent air his hunting exploits in this or that forest of the Peninsula, adopting a tone somewhat depreciative, as suited the case, toward hunting in Filipinas.

From The Reign of Greed by Derbyshire, Charles E.