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depreciative

depreciative noun: a statement with a tendency to depreciate.

Noun

depreciative (countable and uncountable, plural depreciatives)

  1. A statement with a tendency to depreciate.

Adjective

depreciative (comparative more depreciative, superlative most depreciative)

  1. Tending to depreciate (in value).
  2. Belittling, disparaging.

Forms of depreciative

Noun
pluraldepreciatives
Adjective
comparativemore depreciative
superlativemost depreciative

Origin of depreciative

From depreciate + -ive.

Words formed from depreciative

Questions about depreciative

What does depreciative mean?
Depreciative means a statement with a tendency to depreciate.
What part of speech is depreciative?
Depreciative can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of depreciative?
The plural of depreciative is depreciatives.

Words near depreciative in the dictionary

  1. depreciating
  2. depreciatingly
  3. depreciation
  4. depreciational
  5. depreciations
  6. depreciative
  7. depreciatively
  8. depreciatives
  9. depreciator
  10. depreciators
  11. depreciatory

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