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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
Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries; a decline is a good thing.
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CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
In Buenos Aires in 1971, where women’s soccer is written off as just a curiosity, 16 young women are unexpectedly chosen to form Argentina’s first national women’s soccer team.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Smaller debts may be written off or pursued through calls and letters only, while larger balances can tip the scale toward legal action.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
As Alice says in the letter, her position in life—an elderly woman who has been written off as crazy—has afforded her the perfect cover.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Gemini Rising Once written off as a distant challenger to OpenAI, Google’s primary AI platform Gemini made sizable gains in 2025.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2026
CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
In Buenos Aires in 1971, where women’s soccer is written off as just a curiosity, 16 young women are unexpectedly chosen to form Argentina’s first national women’s soccer team.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Smaller debts may be written off or pursued through calls and letters only, while larger balances can tip the scale toward legal action.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
As Alice says in the letter, her position in life—an elderly woman who has been written off as crazy—has afforded her the perfect cover.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Gemini Rising Once written off as a distant challenger to OpenAI, Google’s primary AI platform Gemini made sizable gains in 2025.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written off
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Sprowls sued, and an appellate court dismissed the lawsuit, siding with the county party, Davis said.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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In November, a federal judge dismissed the charges against both Comey and James, finding that Halligan had been unlawfully appointed.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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By the sixth century BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was written down, the sources of their great wealth are listed as silver, iron, tin and lead; many of these were to be found in the western Mediterranean, in Spain (tin, silver) and in Etruria (iron ore, copper).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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This kind of expertise is rarely written down in one place and always valuable, especially when there’s a mechanical issue or system-level disruption.—
Kriti Sharma,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Lake Tahoe property, once marketed as one of the region’s most expensive listings, features multiple structures on five acres, direct lake access, and two glass funiculars running down the hillside to the water.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The piers of an unfinished, elevated toll road, the Skyway, ran down the center of one of the streets, Gregorio Araneta Avenue, which also happened to be the home of Manila’s new boom industry, a mile-and-a-half-long strip of funeral homes, florists, and crematoria.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Distribution yields, measuring the percentage of net asset value that is returned to investors each year, have sunk to 11% on average in the last three years from over 25% a decade ago, according to Bain.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even with goals from Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews, Bobby McMann and Max Domi, the Leafs were sunk by defensive miscues, turnovers and questionable goaltending.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the demerger, ter Kulve played down these risks, arguing that for years TMICC has evolved its portfolio to include more products with reduced sugar, higher amounts of protein or in which portions can be controlled.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025
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Government officials played down the apparent military takeover and said the coup had been stopped.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Dec. 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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“Written off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20off. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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