1
: bringing damnation
a damning sin
2
: causing or leading to condemnation or ruin
presented some damning testimony
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a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars
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Baldoni and Wayfarer’s PR team also did not answer a request to respond to today’s damning letter from Lively’s side.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
His damning testimony proved controversial, but the system was hobbled by problematic legal tactics and a lack of scientific knowledge.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1966, a committee commissioned by the National Research Council issued a damning report on the state of natural language processing and machine translation.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
His damning testimony proved controversial, but the system was hobbled by problematic legal tactics and a lack of scientific knowledge.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1966, a committee commissioned by the National Research Council issued a damning report on the state of natural language processing and machine translation.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for damning
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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