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• v  belittle
• v  lower the value of something
• v  lose in value
• s  tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
  a depreciating currency

• What did the domineering Swedish tragedian and the self-depreciating American comedian have in common? Plenty.
• In some societies, ; the Arab or Chinese, for example, a beautiful child may be called by a depreciating name -- "Dog," "Stupid," "Ugly," say -- in order to ward off the evil eye.
• In a funny, self-depreciating speech, Al Gore joked about his Florida loss and pressed the point that, in what will be a very tight election, every vote matters.

• deprecate
• depreciate
• vilipend
• undervalue
• devaluate
• devalue
• depreciative
• depreciatory

• appreciate

News & Articles

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• May Used-Car Depreciation Greater than April
  Used cars overall depreciated -1 percent during May, a slight increase from -0.1 percent levels during April, with domestic cars changing -1.8 percent; import cars depreciating -1.2 percent; domestic trucks changing -0.5 percent; and import trucks at -0.8 percent.
  June 14, 2013 - Vehicle Remarketing

Quotes

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• Jean-Claude Juncker in Forbes
  It is difficult to understand, whereas China is exporting less to the US than to Europe, why the yuan is appreciating vis-a-vis the dollar and why the yuan is depreciating against the euro,Juncker told reporters.
• Wen Jiabao in Washington Post
  I understand that some countries want to increase their exports, but I don't understand the practice of depreciating their currency and forcing others to appreciate theirs in order to accomplish this,Wen said. "I think this is a type of...
• Chakib Khelil in Arab News
  In terms of fundamentals, there is no problem of supply and demand. There is much more a bubble due to speculation, which is based on a depreciating dollar and geopolitical tensions,Khelil said yesterday.