0 to not approve of something or say that you do not approve of something:
1 to say that you think something is of little value or importance:
He always deprecates my achievements.
Had they not given such a service, they would have disappeared long ago and their forcible removal is to be deprecated.
I also think that the growing habit of reading speeches should be deprecated.
He said that such conduct was strongly to be deprecated.
Most railwaymen deplore these thefts and their trade unions have also deprecated them.
There is an unreal and artificial division, and one which ought to be deprecated.
However, that does not stop me making the point that drafting legislation in such a manner is to be deprecated.
One might rather say he deprecated it as being ill-advised and hasty, regretting that it should now be introduced.
I have expressly deprecated any suggestion that any of the firms made certain demands because of political reasons.
