0 in a way that shows you think something is of little value or importance, or do not approve of it: --
The teacher frowned deprecatingly at my needlework.
When he deprecatingly called his paintings his "daubs", nobody contradicted him.
He would say deprecatingly that he was ashamed of his profession.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.