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Adjective: depreciating  du'pree-shee`ey-ting
  1. Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
    "a depreciating currency"
    - depreciative, depreciatory
Verb: depreciate  di'pree`shee-eyt
  1. Belittle
    - deprecate, vilipend
     
  2. Lower the value of something
    "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
     
  3. Lose in value
    "The dollar depreciated again"
    - undervalue, devaluate, devalue

See also: decreasing, depreciation, depreciative, depreciator

Type of: belittle, decrease, devalue, diminish, disparage, fall, lessen, pick at

Antonym: appreciate

Encyclopedia: Depreciate