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deprecated

[ dep-ri-key-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

spoken or written about with disapproval:
The much deprecated preference of poorer people for less nutritious white bread over brown has to do with price as well as palatability.
Computers. (of a software version or feature) marked as not recommended for users and developers because of the risk of damage or compromised security, the existence of superior alternatives, or an impending upgrade:
This routine removes all deprecated tags and obsolete elements from the code, replacing them where appropriate.

Ministers deprecated the motion as tending to embarrass the administration, and defeat the very end for which it was proposed.

Much as starving is to be deprecated, the prejudicial effects of repletion are still greater.

Yet he did not lose his self-control; but deprecated this popular impulse and this show of dignity.

He knew it was addressed to Allen, and that it deprecated war, and that it was mocking.

I remember that he deprecated revenge, although the score was heavy enough!

April 18, 2024petrichor

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