discredited
/dɪskɹˈɛdɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of discredit
Example Sentences
- "A reputedly valiant but discredited warrior is speared to death by killers in the service of another warrior, who is also reputedly valiant but even more discredited: it is a false denouement for a false tragedy ."
- "I will tell you though, that as a scientific theory, "Darwinism" is probably THE most discredited theory ever put forth by ANY scientist at ANY time in the history of mankind; and why it is so desperately hung onto, and clung to by educators and scientists the way it is, well it's way beyond me."
- "Antonia, a day-care center owner in Jardim Sudoeste, said, "Honestly, not just for myself, but for many others, the politician is very discredited. I feel like I have no father or mother.”"
- "Films perpetuate completely discredited historical theories about events (director Oliver Stone based his film JFK on a discredited report on the Kennedy assassination; see Section 13.6)."
Inflected Forms
more discredited (comparative)
most discredited (superlative)