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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The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph.
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
The decision in the end felt pretty damning for Equity, with the judge throwing out all claims.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 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
Most damning, both complain, the army isn’t open enough to new ideas.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
The decision in the end felt pretty damning for Equity, with the judge throwing out all claims.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 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
Most damning, both complain, the army isn’t open enough to new ideas.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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