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as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up
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Recent Examples of written off
Still, the poor results cannot be fully written off as bad luck.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
On the following episode of Monday Night Raw, Rollins was written off television in a shocking angle that saw his own faction, The Vision, turn on him.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The state is particularly expensive to campaign in and national Democratic funding arms have all but written off its Senate race.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Dunbar’s character, Michael Grant, was written off the show in November 2021, a month after studios began requiring COVID-19 vaccines for actors and others on set.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
What exactly was the charm of these books which critics had written off initially as being unimaginative and derivative?
—JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
And [Birkin] is the ultimate written off, two dimensional person where her name no longer belongs to her.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
For YouTube, the loss could be written off with a shoulder shrug.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
At the time, seasonal coffee was barely a category, and the PSL was a bold experiment that could have been written off as too niche.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
On the following episode of Monday Night Raw, Rollins was written off television in a shocking angle that saw his own faction, The Vision, turn on him.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The state is particularly expensive to campaign in and national Democratic funding arms have all but written off its Senate race.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Dunbar’s character, Michael Grant, was written off the show in November 2021, a month after studios began requiring COVID-19 vaccines for actors and others on set.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
What exactly was the charm of these books which critics had written off initially as being unimaginative and derivative?
—JSTOR Daily, 12 Oct. 2025
And [Birkin] is the ultimate written off, two dimensional person where her name no longer belongs to her.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
For YouTube, the loss could be written off with a shoulder shrug.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
At the time, seasonal coffee was barely a category, and the PSL was a bold experiment that could have been written off as too niche.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written off
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Amid speculation about why Brandy abruptly left the concert — Monica immediately dismissed any possible bad blood by shouting out Brandy when the show continued — the singer explained in a statement Sunday morning that she was forced to exit due to health issues.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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And chronic detainee hunger is often dismissed by inspectors, as long as the menus are certified as nutritionally adequate.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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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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They may not be written down, but everyone knows them.—
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stripped of tone and context, those words can come across very differently once they're written down.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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While letting the clock run down for the next play, Memphis committed a false start penalty.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Foulla Niotis says her 17-year-old daughter, Maria, and Maria's best friend, Isabella Salas, were run down and killed by Maria's stalker despite months of complaining to police.—
Eric Shawn,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And over the past three years, each of those numbers has sunk.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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The rapid escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies has sunk stocks, rattling investors and industries by igniting fears of a repeat of the tit-for-tat tariff battle in spring, when levies on Chinese and American imports soared to around 145% and 120% respectively.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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While primarily utilized as a winger during his career, Dembélé often played down the middle for Luis Enrique’s side, spearheading a fluent and formidable front three, flanked by the dynamic Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the war, Israeli officials have consistently played down the severity of hunger in Gaza.—
Pablo Robles,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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While Joan is visiting the Westside Hospital with her students, Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the Chief of Internal Medicine position after she, not very subtly, told him not to hire anyone who is asking for it and talked down other potential candidates.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Last week, Ralo took to social media to call Thug a divisive figure who had previously talked down on Rich Homie Quan and YFN Lucci to peers in a similar manner.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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