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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
For an instrument that many observers had written off as a pandemic-era anomaly, SPAC is having a very loud second act.
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Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The documentary is about how the young Brady was written off by so many, and about those six quarterbacks who were drafted ahead of him.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
If not, the remaining balance is generally written off.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Audiences and analysts had almost certainly written off Cameroon before the game.
—
Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
To have the citation written off, both the child and their parent are required to attend a rider safety course.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.
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Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Because of Young's commitments in Shondaland, Beth was quietly written off the show in later seasons.
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Rachel Labonte,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
But that doesn’t mean she’s entirely written off appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s biggest awards competition.
—
Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The documentary is about how the young Brady was written off by so many, and about those six quarterbacks who were drafted ahead of him.
—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
If not, the remaining balance is generally written off.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Audiences and analysts had almost certainly written off Cameroon before the game.
—
Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 June 2026
To have the citation written off, both the child and their parent are required to attend a rider safety course.
—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.
—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Because of Young's commitments in Shondaland, Beth was quietly written off the show in later seasons.
—
Rachel Labonte,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
But that doesn’t mean she’s entirely written off appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s biggest awards competition.
—
Mckinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written off
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If he was dismissed without cause, his contract provides for a minimum 12-month payout.
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After earlier false rumors involving tsunami threats and the collapse of major transportation links, Rodríguez dismissed new viral claims about infrastructure failures, urging the public to rely exclusively on official sources.
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Data indicates declining trust in managers and reduced interest in leadership among younger generations.
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Each union agreed to slightly different terms for how long the leave programs are in place and by how much salaries were reduced.
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Everyone inside the building ran down the emergency stairs.
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On a broken possession with the shot clock running down, Thornton caught the ball in the right corner with space to shoot.
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Some knowledge is in a process that everyone follows, but no one has written down.
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None of these rules are written down.
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Rutte confirmed the drawdown but played down its impact.
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Claims of an arrangement along those lines have been played down at the Newcastle end.
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By the 1980s the pool had sunk about a foot, and the solution was to pour a new concrete slab on top of the old one.
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Others have sunk below the ground.
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The contractors talked down to me.
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Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
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“Written off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20off. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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