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
In this era of college football, a bowl win that is not in the playoffs can be devalued and diminished because the regular-season depth chart often looks nothing like the postseason depth chart.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 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
The result is a marketplace where creativity is devalued and ownership is optional.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 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
The result is a marketplace where creativity is devalued and ownership is optional.
—Gerard Scimeca, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalued
reduced
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At 40 of the country’s busiest airports, flights coming and going will be reduced by 10% this week.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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For a family of three, the benefit would be reduced by $275.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Devalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalued. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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