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simplyn2deep ([personal profile] simplyn2deep) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2022-08-23 12:40 pm

Tuesday word: Deprecate

Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022

Deprecate (verb)
dep·re·cate [dep-ri-keyt]


verb (used with object), dep·re·cat·ed, dep·re·cat·ing.
1. to express earnest disapproval of: The physician’s committee moved to deprecate the standard American diet.
2. to urge reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.).
3. to depreciate; belittle: How can companies redress the experiences of marginalized team members whose voices are being deprecated in the workplace?
4. Computers. to cease supporting or recommending the use of (older elements, features, or versions of software): The publisher deprecates products after five years or if more than two more recent versions are available.
5. Archaic. to pray for deliverance from.

WORDS RELATED TO DEPRECATE
depreciate, derogate, detract, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, disparage, expostulate, frown, object, pooh-pooh, rip, cut down to size, disapprove of, discommend, poor-mouth, put down, run down, take dim view of, take down

OTHER WORDS FOR DEPRECATE
1. condemn, denounce.
3. disparage, decry, minimize.
See synonyms for: deprecate / deprecated / deprecating on Thesaurus.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR DEPRECATE
1. See decry.

Usage note
An early and still the most current sense of deprecate is “to express disapproval of.” In a sense development still occasionally criticized by a few, deprecate has come to be synonymous with the similar but etymologically unrelated word depreciate in the sense “belittle”: The author modestly deprecated the importance of his work. In compounds with self-, deprecate has almost totally replaced depreciate in modern usage: Her self-deprecating account of her career both amused and charmed the audience.

OTHER WORDS FROM DEPRECATE
dep·re·cat·ing·ly, adverb
dep·re·ca·tion [dep-ri-key-shuhn], noun
dep·re·ca·tor, noun
half-dep·re·cat·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH DEPRECATE
depreciate (see word story at the current entry)

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin deprecatus “prayed against, warded off” (past participle of deprecari ), equivalent to de- “away from, out of“ + precari “to pray” + -atus past participle suffix; see de-, pray, -ate

HOW TO USE DEPRECATE IN A SENTENCE
In July 2020 Google moved the rich results testing tool out of beta and with that announcement, the company said it would deprecate its structured data testing tool.
GOOGLE’S LEGACY STRUCTURED DATA TESTING TOOL IS NOW GONE|BARRY SCHWARTZ|AUGUST 10, 2021|SEARCH ENGINE LAND

She frequently opens the conversation with a little self-deprecating humor, joking that she is a bit like Shakira and a bit like Muhammad Ali.
18 COMICS OF TOMORROW|SOHINI DAS GUPTA|AUGUST 1, 2021|OZY

After all, third-party cookies have already been deprecated in Safari, Firefox, Edge, and Brave browsers, and they will eventually go the same way in Chrome too.
‘THERE’S A PRAGMATISM WE WILL NEED’: TOURISM IRELAND CONTINUES TO SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES DESPITE GOOGLE’S COOKIE DELAY|SEB JOSEPH|JULY 20, 2021|DIGIDAY

Twitter, TikTok and Instagram tend to be popular among different demographics, so hopefully deprecating Fleets will clear the way for another, more popular format and an ad product to go with it.
WOULD YOUR JOB BE EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT IF GOOGLE WASN’T THE DOMINANT PLATFORM?; THURSDAY’S DAILY BRIEF|GEORGE NGUYEN|JULY 15, 2021|SEARCH ENGINE LAND
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[personal profile] med_cat 2022-08-26 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
An ever-useful word; thank you :)