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devalued

[dee-val-yoo]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to deprive of value; reduce the value of.

to fix a lower value on (a currency).

verb (used without object)

to undergo devaluation: The currency has devalued at a rapid rate.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Also, devaluate.

Origin:
1915–20; de- + value

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devalue

1918, a back formation from devaluation.

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