discredited
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- v cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary - v damage the reputation of
- v reject as false; refuse to accept
- s being unjustly brought into disrepute
a discredited politician - s suffering shame
- The Smoot-Hawley approach was discredited.
- But he could also be severe with a junior member of the Saud dynasty who had discredited the royal family by gambling away huge sums of money on the roulette wheels of Monaco .
- After ruling the nation for most of the past half-century, the LDP is clearly out of touch, bereft of ideas and discredited by countless scandals.