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deprecative

/dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv/US // ˈdɛp rɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv //

弃用的,弃用,缺省的,弃用性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to deprecate; deprecatory.

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Examples

  • I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.

  • They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.

  • She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.

  • The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.

  • Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.