as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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Recent Examples of devalued
Communication itself is so devalued that content generation becomes more important than the contents of that content.
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New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Although the safety position is typically devalued in the first round, Downs could go before the Cowboys have a chance to pick.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Years of heavy money printing has devalued the currency so dramatically that the government’s latest budget ran into the quadrillions of rials.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Reputationally, the tech was a risk; Spotify’s rise had triggered complaints from artists who felt like the new system’s ease and cheapness devalued their art.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
They were being demeaned for that, or devalued for that in this critical time.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Years of inflation have devalued the six-figure income.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Monstrous work is work that refuses to trade Black comportment for temporary inclusion into any institution that prefers to keep Black people separate and devalued.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Although the safety position is typically devalued in the first round, Downs could go before the Cowboys have a chance to pick.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Years of heavy money printing has devalued the currency so dramatically that the government’s latest budget ran into the quadrillions of rials.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Reputationally, the tech was a risk; Spotify’s rise had triggered complaints from artists who felt like the new system’s ease and cheapness devalued their art.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
They were being demeaned for that, or devalued for that in this critical time.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
Years of inflation have devalued the six-figure income.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
Monstrous work is work that refuses to trade Black comportment for temporary inclusion into any institution that prefers to keep Black people separate and devalued.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalued
reduced
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In all, the fees were reduced by about $620,000 through automatic waivers and other savings, said Andrea Osgood, Eden Housing’s chief of real estate development.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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This population has been reduced by vehicle strikes and by animals sustaining rodenticide poisoning over the past decades.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Devalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalued. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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