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What is the adjective for deprecating?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb deprecate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

deprecated
  1. Strongly disapproved of.
  2. Belittled; insulted
  3. (computing) Obsolescent; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. obsolete, antiquated, archaic, dated, outdated, outmoded, outworn, superannuated, fossilised, fossilized, out of date, anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antique, discarded, discontinued, disused, extinct, musty, old, old-fashioned, old hat, out, out of fashion, prehistoric, behind the times, defunct, vieux jeu, bygone, dead, demoded, geriatric, kaput, kaputt, mediaeval, medieval, moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, out-of-date, prehistorical, rusty, dinosaur, dusty, fallen into disuse, fossil, gone … more
deprecating
  1. In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. derogatory, deprecatory, pejorative, disapproving, condemnatory, disparaging, denigratory, slighting, belittling, contemptuous, scornful, uncomplimentary, derisory, degrading, demeaning, depreciatory, depreciative, denigrative, derogative, disdainful, detractive, critical, decrying, insulting, abusive, offensive, negative, vituperative, deprecative, spiteful, vilifying, hurtful, scurrilous, defamatory, derisive, nasty, contumelious, sneering, malicious, censorious, snide, unflattering, detracting, denigrating, catty, rude, calumniatory, damaging, slanderous, disrespectful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He sniffed in a deprecating way.”
deprecatory
  1. That deprecates; apologetic or disparaging
  2. Synonyms:
      3. derogatory, disparaging, denigratory, slighting, contemptuous, belittling, scornful, pejorative, disdainful, uncomplimentary, degrading, derisory, demeaning, depreciatory, depreciative, derogative, denigrative, decrying, detractive, derisive, sneering, mocking, negative, deprecating, snide, discrediting, detracting, unflattering, deflating, diminishing, jibing, denigrating, deprecative, insulting, contumelious, disapproving, abusive, critical, offensive, vituperative, scurrilous, disrespectful, humiliating, opprobrious, rude, debasing, jeering, insolent, defamatory, scathing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “While discussing her colleague's work, she couldn't help but make an unnecessary deprecatory comment, undermining his efforts.”
      “His deprecatory remarks about her cooking skills were unnecessary and hurtful.”
      “He is a tremendous comic when he wants to be, as well as arrogant and deprecatory, with humor, when he feels that it is appropriate.”
deprecative
  1. Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. derogatory, slighting, belittling, deprecatory, uncomplimentary, depreciatory, depreciative, derogative, detractive, critical, disapproving, disparaging, denigratory, contemptuous, scornful, disdainful, pejorative, derisory, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, decrying, deprecating, denigrating, derisive, sneering, mocking, negative, snide, discrediting, unflattering, detracting, diminishing, deflating, jibing, insulting, contumelious, abusive, offensive, vituperative, scurrilous, disrespectful, humiliating, opprobrious, rude, debasing, jeering, insolent, defamatory, scathing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.”
      “He has a proposition for James, which he puts to him in deprecative terms typical of their mutual origins.”
      “It has as its mortal enemies the deprecative and the depressing.”
deprecable
  1. That may or should be deprecated.
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