discredited

[ US /dɪsˈkɹɛdɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /dɪskɹˈɛdɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. suffering shame
  2. being unjustly brought into disrepute
    her damaged reputation
    a discredited politician
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How To Use discredited In A Sentence

  • The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
  • The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration. Brad Friedman: Wingnuts Declare Coordinated All-Out Cross-Media War on CIA as Newest Front in TreasonGate!
  • Scientific discoveries have discredited religious belief.
  • The national broadcaster said Pahad "rebuked Washington for pursuing what he terms a discredited neo-conservative ideology". ANC Daily News Briefing
  • The Government was discredited by the scandal.
  • The previous government is, by now, thoroughly discredited.
  • Discredited, Wovoka survived to die in the midst of the Great Depression.
  • The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
  • Diana dismissed it with contempt, as the shaft of a _frondeur_ discredited by both parties. The Testing of Diana Mallory
  • I want to refocus our curriculum to get rid of unnecessary extras and change our discredited exam system. Times, Sunday Times
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