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devalue

[ dee-val-yoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, de·val·ued, de·val·u·ing.

, de·val·ued, de·val·u·ing.

devalue

/ diːˈvæljuː; diːˈvæljuːˌeɪt /

Origin of devalue¹

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + value

Boys are taught early in life to devalue care, to be hyper-competitive, super-achieving men.

In its place came something which, striving to fuse Urdu and Telugu, seemed to devalue both.

Rosen undoubtedly did not intend to devalue women with her comments.

We devalue the significance of memory in order to cope with the fact that our gadgets are now better at it than we are.

They propose that we pressure China to improve its human-rights policy, or to get tougher on Iran, or to devalue its currency.

These people devalue the source of their frustration and envy.

If they really decide to devalue, then Whitely and me, we go ahead and put every cent we got into Swiss gold.

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