Definition of Depreciatory. Meaning of Depreciatory. Synonyms of Depreciatory

- was once a general term for black people in English, "formerly without depreciatory force" as the Oxford English Dictionary puts it. The style is now viewed...
- the term as "offensive". The OED has "its use is now widely seen as depreciatory or offensive", referring to English Today no. 39 (1992): "The term Mohammedan...
- bull**** that exists in a workplace. The word is generally used in a depreciatory sense, but it may imply a measure of respect for language skills or frivolity...
- him, Chamberlain was angered by the "short, cold and for the most part depreciatory" press comments on his retirement, according to him written "without...
- about to be thrown away. When referring to persons, it is slightly depreciatory, used especially for inferior, sick, incompetent or weak persons (the...
- DEP.****), dependent clause marking (use SJV) DEPO deportmentive DEPR depreciatory, deprecative DER DERIV derivation, derivational morpheme (e.g. ADJ.DER...
- journey to Western Port, "subject to restrictions and en****brances so depreciatory of its value, as to render it a very inadequate remuneration". He appears...
- foreign-based capital has helped keep the Somali shilling afloat and offset depreciatory and inflationary pressures. Dahabshiil is the largest of the Somali money...
- auditor's report in deciding to sell; the loss would be referable to the depreciatory effect of the report on the market value of the shares before ever the...
- the way society views people who collect waste informally is often depreciatory: with the exception of a few cases of people doing it for scientific...