2. Adjective. Strongly disapproved of. ¹
3. Adjective. Belittled; insulted ¹
4. Adjective. (computing) Obsolescent; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be phased out, but still available for use. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deprecated
1. deprecate [v] - See also: deprecate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprecated
Literary usage of Deprecated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"crop after its kind —George Eliot, Silas Marner, 1861 His eye, which was growing
quick to read Naomi's face, saw at once . . . that she deprecated even the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1863)
"... if certainly requisite, or if the patient be evidently sinking, delay, even
the slightest, is to be deprecated, and often will, unhappily, prove fatal. ..."
3. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... of what appeared to him to be the right of petition, and also the most effectual
way of putting an end to an agitation which he sincerely deprecated. ..."
4. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"Further concession deprecated by Morrill, Field, Tuck, and Smith. — Debate.
— Various amendments. — Strong speech by Chase. ..."
5. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"Opposition only determined for it this morning, but now argued as if clearly
understood since Monday. Bankes and I deprecated division on it, and at length ..."
6. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1866)
"... to as Price of Ratification — deprecated by General Washington and Mr.
Madison — Signal for Renewed Opposition to the Constitution in Pennsylvania, ..."
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