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DEPRECIATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does depreciative mean?
• DEPRECIATIVE (adjective)
The adjective DEPRECIATIVE has 2 senses:
1. tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
2. tending to diminish or disparage
Familiarity information: DEPRECIATIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
Synonyms:
depreciating; depreciative; depreciatory
Context example:
depreciatory effects on prices
Similar:
decreasing (becoming less or smaller)
Derivation:
depreciate (lose in value)
depreciate (lower the value of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending to diminish or disparage
Synonyms:
belittling; deprecating; deprecative; deprecatory; depreciative; depreciatory; slighting
Context example:
a slighting remark
Similar:
uncomplimentary (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)
Derivation:
depreciate (belittle)
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