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defamatory

[ UK /dɪfˈæmətəɹˌi/ ]
[ US /dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

How To Use defamatory In A Sentence

  • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
  • A statement that a police officer is under is investigation is no doubt defamatory, but the sting in the libel is not as sharp as the statement that he has by his conduct brought suspicion on himself.
  • Posting of slanderous, libelous, abusive or defamatory material is totally prohibited.
  • We will remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings.
  • Something defamatory is libellous only if it's untrue.
  • Can teachers sue administrators for defamatory statements made in letters of recommendation or on evaluation forms?
  • The defence of qualified privilege had to be considered with reference to the particular publication complained of as defamatory. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said yesterday that the allegations made against him had been'wholly false and seriously defamatory'. Times, Sunday Times
  • The reader said that the report was defamatory.
  • We have come in for our share of criticism, some of it defamatory, but we have never wavered from this message.
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