Devalues - English meaning

verb

Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.

Usage examples:

She belittled amy's riding skills whenever she could

verb

To make an action or a person seem unimportant

Usage examples:

You gain nothing by belittling him and creating bad feelings.

verb

Publicly denounce.

Usage examples:

They decried human rights abuses

verb

To publicly criticize something as being undesirable or harmful

Usage examples:

Mitchell decried the high rate of unemployment in the state.

verb

Let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).

Usage examples:

He deflated one of the tyres

verb

To allow air or gas to escape from within a container

Usage examples:

[ t ] when the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit., [ t ] the allegations defl…

verb

When an economy deflates or is deflated, prices fall and there is a reduction in wages and government spending, and low levels of growth

Usage examples:

The chancellor will have to keep rates high and deflate the economy to keep the lid on prices and f…

verb

Criticize unfairly; disparage.

Usage examples:

Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country

verb

To say that someone or something is not good or important

verb

Express disapproval of.

Usage examples:

What i deprecate is persistent indulgence

verb

To not approve of something or say that you do not approve of something

Usage examples:

We deprecate this use of company funds for political purposes., he always deprecates my achievements.

verb

Diminish in value over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year

verb

To cause something to lose value, esp. over time

Usage examples:

Malawi’s currency was rapidly depreciating., the dollar’s depreciation will lead to higher inflatio…

verb

When a company depreciates an asset, such as a piece of equipment, it reduces its value in its accounts over a certain length of time

Usage examples:

Machine tools are typically depreciated over seven years., the government allowed the currency to d…

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Usage examples:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Harm the good reputation of.

Usage examples:

His remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him

noun

Loss or lack of reputation or respect.

Usage examples:

His actions were such that they brought discredit on his profession

verb

To give people reason to stop believing someone or to doubt the truth of something

Usage examples:

The old soviet economic model has been thoroughly discredited., it’s the job of the defense to disc…

verb

Regard or represent as being of little worth.

Usage examples:

He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors

verb

To criticize someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect

Usage examples:

He disparages his business competitors, saying they are all a bunch of amateurs compared to him., m…

verb

Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Usage examples:

The aim is to minimize costs

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Usage examples:

We do all that we can to minimize the risk of infection., he minimized his involvement in the scand…

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Usage examples:

We rented an office in the cheap part of town to minimize costs., you should spread your investment…

verb

Make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is.

Usage examples:

The problem was either trivialized or ignored by teachers

verb

To make something unusual seem ordinary or unimportant

Usage examples:

My boss tends to take good ideas and trivialize them.

verb

Estimate (something) to be smaller or less important than it really is.

Usage examples:

They have grossly underestimated the extent of the problem

noun

An estimate that is too low.

Usage examples:

£7.5 million is a considerable underestimate

verb

To think that something is less or lower than it really is, or that someone is less strong or less effective

Usage examples:

Homeowners often underestimate the cost of repairing a roof.

verb

Underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something).

Usage examples:

They vastly underrate their own players

verb

To fail to recognize the importance, value, skill, power, etc., of someone or something

Usage examples:

Never underrate your opponent in a political contest.

verb

Rate (something) insufficiently highly; fail to appreciate.

Usage examples:

Through overfamiliarity, it is easy to undervalue this concerto

noun

A price below the real value.

Usage examples:

His truck was sold at an undervalue