Discredited
[dɪs'krɛdɪt]
Definition
(adj.) suffering shame .
(adj.) being unjustly brought into disrepute; 'a discredited politician'; 'her damaged reputation' .
Typist: Vivienne--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Discredit
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- He set out to make the campaign a battle between the Progressives and the Democrats--the old discredited Republicans fell back into a rather dead conservative minority. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- According to an old story, now discredited, as he rose from his knees after the ceremony he whispered to a friend _Eppur si muove_ (It does move, nevertheless). Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was then rejected like a discredited ladder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Perhaps he has a subconscious fear of the isolation that may ensue if the system is broken or discredited. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Natalie