deprecated

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Scrabble points
16
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18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
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/ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/ · /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪd/ · [ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.ɾɪd] · [ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.ɾɪd] · /ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.tɪd/ · [ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.ɾɪd] · /ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.tɪd/ · [ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.ɾɪd]

Definition of deprecated

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Strongly disapproved of.
    “But much more to be deprecated than all the particular departures from idiom already mentioned is the growing notion that every monosyllabic adjective, if an adverb is to be made of it, must have a -ly clapped on to it to proclaim the fact.”
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adj

  1. Strongly disapproved of.
    “But much more to be deprecated than all the particular departures from idiom already mentioned is the growing notion that every monosyllabic adjective, if an adverb is to be made of it, must have a -ly clapped on to it to proclaim the fact.”
  2. Belittled; insulted.
  3. Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
    “Foo() has been deprecated; it outputs a debug message and then calls Foo2()”
    “Note that deprecated functions are not removed yet.”
    “A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.”
    “Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of deprecate

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).

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