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   Dis·par·age

   /dəˈsperij/

   

   verb

   • 1. regard or represent as being of little worth: "he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, also ‘bring discredit on’): from Old French desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, based on Latin par ‘equal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disparagement noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

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