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as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock
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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up
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Recent Examples of written off
There’s no winner in this current messy situation, but Elliott should not be written off.
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James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries; a decline is a good thing.
—CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
In Buenos Aires in 1971, where women’s soccer is written off as just a curiosity, 16 young women are unexpectedly chosen to form Argentina’s first national women’s soccer team.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Smaller debts may be written off or pursued through calls and letters only, while larger balances can tip the scale toward legal action.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
As Alice says in the letter, her position in life—an elderly woman who has been written off as crazy—has afforded her the perfect cover.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Net charge-offs refer to the amount of debt a bank has written off as uncollectible, minus any recoveries; a decline is a good thing.
—CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Entire markets or asset classes can be written off based on broad narratives, even though conditions vary significantly at the neighborhood or asset level.
—James Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Does debt simply get written off?
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
In Buenos Aires in 1971, where women’s soccer is written off as just a curiosity, 16 young women are unexpectedly chosen to form Argentina’s first national women’s soccer team.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Smaller debts may be written off or pursued through calls and letters only, while larger balances can tip the scale toward legal action.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
This could be easily written off as the financial mismanagement of youth, but taken as a whole, Gen Z’s outlook on the economy is at once a rejection of conventional wisdom and a deep, almost subconscious absorption of the commodification of everything.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
As Alice says in the letter, her position in life—an elderly woman who has been written off as crazy—has afforded her the perfect cover.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for written off
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The additional charges were dismissed.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Obama dismissed those rumors, joking that if aliens existed and were being concealed, even the president was not in on it.—
Adisa Hargett-Robinson,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Feb. 2026
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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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Well, Rob could have not thrown me under the bus, and just written down my name at the roundtable.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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By the sixth century BCE, when the Hebrew Bible was written down, the sources of their great wealth are listed as silver, iron, tin and lead; many of these were to be found in the western Mediterranean, in Spain (tin, silver) and in Etruria (iron ore, copper).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Several reservoirs, including Loch Lomond, the main water supply for the city of Santa Cruz, and Lake Cachuma, the largest reservoir in Santa Barbara County, were 100% full on Wednesday, with water running down their spillways.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hill has the speed and athleticism to run down ball carriers sideline to sideline, and the size (6-3, 238) and attitude to meet them in the hole with authority.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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On some nights, the temperature sunk to about -10 degrees Fahrenheit.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The same Ollie Martin who left with his shoulders sunk and his teary eyes swollen.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Valvano warmed up to Spud, who, once again, held his own in a league where MJ played down the road.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 10,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Head coach Andree Jeglertz dutifully played down any talk of a title being won with eight matches to go.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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After Jacksonville, after years of fans feeling talked down to and reporters feeling undermined, this silly little event served a purpose for a change.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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While Joan is visiting the Westside Hospital with her students, Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the Chief of Internal Medicine position after she, not very subtly, told him not to hire anyone who is asking for it and talked down other potential candidates.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Written off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/written%20off. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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