derogatory
IPA: dɝˈɑgʌtɔri
noun
- (business, finance) A tradeline on a credit report that indicates negative credit history.
adjective
- Disparaging.
- (usually with to) Tending to derogate:
- Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
- Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
- (law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
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Examples of "derogatory" in Sentences
- Pakistan's parliament criticized the pope for what it called his derogatory comments.
- I offer no excuses other than that I myself didn’t feel the term derogatory to women.
- I’d referred to the Africans as munts though not to their faces even though I knew on some level that they considered the term derogatory or insulting.
- Would you still call Pam a queer, or the community groups she belonged to queer groups, if she didn't want to be called queer, and found the term derogatory, defamatory, and / or offensive?
- Mario Mancuso says they won't suspend those rules, but if they get what he calls derogatory information about how these Chinese companies are using the technology, they will revisit the process -- Wolf.
- "The eyes filled with tears show her innocence, but her dot made the word derogatory and this is a good enough reason for a consequence and she should never in her life dare to think anything against Islam."
- Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception. (native Mexican, location unkown) chinagringo
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