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Originally Posted by stevetaz
Deprecate - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Definition of DEPRECATE
1
aarchaic: to pray against (as an evil)
b: to seek to avert <deprecate the wrath; of the Roman people ; Tobias Smollett>
2
: to express disapproval of
3
a: play down : make little of <speaks five languages; but deprecates this facility ; Time>
b: belittle, disparage <the most reluctantly admired and least easily deprecated of; novelists ; New Yorker> ; dep·re·cat·ing·ly adverb
; dep·re·ca·tion noun
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I can't tell if you're just trying to be a jerk, but see definition number 2:
deprecate - Wiktionary