WROTE OFF Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

wrote off

verb

past tense of write off

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 wrote off The most significant shift in social infrastructure this decade is unfolding in a category most venture investors already wrote off. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Six politicians in black robes wrote off the voting rights of multitudes of Floridians in the latest case in just a half-page of text, refusing to take it away from the First District Court of Appeal and decide it promptly. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 Consumers previously wrote off Chinese goods as inferior, as Chinese manufacturers prioritized quick market entry over original designs. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 9 June 2026 By 2021, with Holland out and nothing but a few teaser clips, Netflix pulled the plug on the series, then wrote off over $55 million in costs. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 May 2026 When the West Coast divested from coal, national headlines all but wrote off this town of 3,000 as dying. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 2 May 2026 Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 As one example, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2016 that the carrier wrote off at least $592 million then. — Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026 Some observers wrote off the Warriors’ possible chase of Giannis Antetokounmpo as soon as news broke of the Kuminga deal, which included Buddy Hield and his cap slot, team sources were quick not to completely close the door on the pursuit. — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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Jason Melara’s attorney, Andrew Stein, asked the two murder charges be dismissed, telling Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Rappe there was no evidence his client pointed a gun at Aguilar.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026

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But a 2021 law reduced his probationary term, and it was formally ended in November 2021.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
The redesign reduced both size and weight while increasing transmit power, giving military units greater flexibility during deployments.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

Definition of reduced

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In Lunas Campos’ case, officials from the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, initially minimized the incident that led to his death, pointing to his criminal history.

— Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026
Context that undermines sensational allegations is minimized.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of minimized

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With dark splotchy ink, the Secretary of the Senate drew large Xs through four amendments, slashed through several lines and furiously wrote down edits in the margins.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Japan’s biggest life insurer wrote down ¥70 billion ($440 million) in the year ended March 31, a charge that a company spokesperson said was its first since the Bank of Japan shifted its policy to raising interest rates in March 2024.

— Nao Sano, Bloomberg, 26 May 2026

Definition of wrote down

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The union said that unresolved complaints made against Hawk and existing climate issues have significantly diminished confidence among many educators.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Mason, 22, is now hailed as a rising superstar, while Bell's championship aspirations may have diminished.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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