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
The depression, hormonal and physical changes, feeling unheard with your health care provider, treated like another number, and being devalued as weak in general.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
If the veracity and reliability of government data are regularly criticized and devalued by the administration anytime the facts contradict the administration’s positions, and those who speak out are at risk of losing their jobs, trust in all government data, and the agencies themselves, erodes.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
In the spring of 2022, before Willow even came out, Wall Street devalued streaming.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
At the same time, wins that suddenly don’t look so good get devalued.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Individuals are seen as fully responsible for their own fates, while governmental or social support systems are devalued.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Batting average is increasingly devalued in this age of advanced metrics.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But if teachers here continue to be financially devalued, the district will become a far less attractive place to teach.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Alaska’s chief commercial officer, Andrew Harrison, told CNBC that miles aren’t being devalued for flight redemptions, however.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
If the veracity and reliability of government data are regularly criticized and devalued by the administration anytime the facts contradict the administration’s positions, and those who speak out are at risk of losing their jobs, trust in all government data, and the agencies themselves, erodes.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
In the spring of 2022, before Willow even came out, Wall Street devalued streaming.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
At the same time, wins that suddenly don’t look so good get devalued.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Individuals are seen as fully responsible for their own fates, while governmental or social support systems are devalued.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Batting average is increasingly devalued in this age of advanced metrics.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But if teachers here continue to be financially devalued, the district will become a far less attractive place to teach.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Alaska’s chief commercial officer, Andrew Harrison, told CNBC that miles aren’t being devalued for flight redemptions, however.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalued
reduced
Verb
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Kent State was reduced to a single photo because the press was far more centralized at the time, and had the power and the influence to edit, curate, and promote a particular version of an event.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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But as water became scarce in the American Southwest, the allocation to Imperial Valley farmers was reduced, overflow stopped, and the Salton Sea started drying up.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Devalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalued. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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