deprecated
Meanings
Verb
- express strong disapproval of; deplore
- belittle
- simple past and past participle of deprecate
Adj
- Strongly disapproved of.
- Belittled; insulted.
- Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
Synonyms
anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, condemned, dated, defunct, deprecate, depreciate, discontinued, disfavored, disused, dootsie, elderly, expired, extinct, fossilized, frown on, Havishamesque, idle, legacy, Miss Havishamesque, obsolescent, obsolete, old, old school, old-fashioned, oldfangled, on its way out, out of date, out of fashion, outdated, outmoded, outworn, parachronistic, passé, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, vilipend, workless
Scrabble Score: 16
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