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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discredit.

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Examples

  • I give him credit for just coming on radio, but many "discredits" for thinking that what he says is something we, the public, will buy.

    Thursday Thread 2006

  • "The whole thing has been funny, but for it to come out that he's such a goofball, it kind of discredits the plumbing business," Lohse said.

    Gazette.com : 2008

  • But the execution hardly discredits the original approach.

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • To say something like that and put it next to a distorted picture discredits you entirely.

    Christina Hendricks Sounds Off On Cathy Horyn's 'Big Girl' Dig The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In his view, this discredits journalism, as weak and immature as it is in Russia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In his view, this discredits journalism, as weak and immature as it is in Russia.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Instead of focusing on why one approach discredits another, we need to identify value wherever it exists and build on it.

    Ronald Thorpe: Become a Teacher Ronald Thorpe 2011

  • To say something like that and put it next to a distorted picture discredits you entirely.

    Christina Hendricks Sounds Off On Cathy Horyn's 'Big Girl' Dig Hilary Moss 2010

  • Instead of focusing on why one approach discredits another, we need to identify value wherever it exists and build on it.

    Ronald Thorpe: Become a Teacher Ronald Thorpe 2011

  • The accumulation of academic research that demonstrates the efficacy of lower tax rates and discredits higher government spending increases the power of these arguments.

    Toward A New Economic Consensus Charles W. Kadlec 2011

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