as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
normally, significant damage would devalue an antique
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Recent Examples of devalued
Hesitancy also devalued the trades for players such as White, who did not fetch a single first-round pick despite being previously valued as one of the better young guard assets in the league.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Storytellers—roles that have been devalued for years now commands software engineer salaries.
—Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In 1544, King Henry VIII devalued his currency to pay for more government spending.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Communication itself is so devalued that content generation becomes more important than the contents of that content.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Although the safety position is typically devalued in the first round, Downs could go before the Cowboys have a chance to pick.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Years of heavy money printing has devalued the currency so dramatically that the government’s latest budget ran into the quadrillions of rials.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Reputationally, the tech was a risk; Spotify’s rise had triggered complaints from artists who felt like the new system’s ease and cheapness devalued their art.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Storytellers—roles that have been devalued for years now commands software engineer salaries.
—Joe Toscano, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In 1544, King Henry VIII devalued his currency to pay for more government spending.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
Communication itself is so devalued that content generation becomes more important than the contents of that content.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
Although the safety position is typically devalued in the first round, Downs could go before the Cowboys have a chance to pick.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
Years of heavy money printing has devalued the currency so dramatically that the government’s latest budget ran into the quadrillions of rials.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Reputationally, the tech was a risk; Spotify’s rise had triggered complaints from artists who felt like the new system’s ease and cheapness devalued their art.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Anuj doesn’t say it outright, but the sentiment of depleting currency hangs in the air, of how any number of items—bills, malls, entire towns—can be devalued at will by social and political forces.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devalued
reduced
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The amount taxpayers can write off is reduced by $200 for each $1,000 in income above the $100,00 and $200,000 income limits.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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In other experiments, Zatorre found that bolstering dopamine enhanced the enjoyment of music, while blocking dopamine reduced it.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Devalued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devalued. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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