Deprecate Meaning
/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
verbTo belittle, depreciate.
Sentence Examples
We deprecate the old software version.
The company will deprecate the product.
Some programmers deprecate the use of outdated coding languages.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Many teachers ____ the use of slang in formal essays because it undermines academic tone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We ____ the old software version.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He spoke of Ethel continually; entreated her to forgive him; deprecated her coldness; and implored her to retract her refusal."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Return to Courtenaye Hall”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 150:
"Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as "cultural cringe"."
— 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 295:
"A deprecated function works in the currently released version of Perl 5 but may not be supported in future releases of Perl 5."
— 2003, Dave Evans et al., Perl, CGI, and JavaScript Complete, Sybex, →ISBN:
"And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty."
— 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, London: W. Rogers, S. Smith, and B. Walford, page 126:
"[…], though the Temporal Judgments which We Deprecate, are not remov’d."
— 1712, George Smalridge, A Sermon, Preach’d at the Royal Chapel at St. James’s on Wedneſday, January the 16th, 1711/12, London: Jonah Bowyer, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Many teachers ____ the use of slang in formal essays because it undermines academic tone.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We ____ the old software version.