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An early documented usage of "deprecate" in this sense is in Usenet posts in 1984, referring to obsolete features in 4.2BSD and the C programming language. [2] An expanded definition of "deprecate" was cited in the Jargon File in its 1991 revision, [3] and similar definitions are found in commercial software documentation from 2014 [1] and 2023 ...
This is a list of English words that are thought to be commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and professional grammarians defining the norms of Standard English.
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
An asset depreciation at 15% per year over 20 years [1] In accountancy, depreciation refers to two aspects of the same concept: first, an actual reduction in the fair value of an asset, such as the decrease in value of factory equipment each year as it is used and wears, and second, the allocation in accounting statements of the original cost of the assets to periods in which the assets are ...
Disputed usage: The key to attracting a member of the opposite sex is to balance between giving attention to him or her and appearing disinterested. due to – The adjectival use of due to is undisputed. Its adverbial use, however, has been a subject of dispute for many years, as witnessed by several (especially U.S.) dictionary usage notes ...
Further, the dictionary definition of "deprecate" does not list "ban" as a synonym. Moreover, the most common support vote in the 2017 RfC was "support prohibition". Prohibition is indeed a synonym for ban.
But these new tariffs are almost certain to do the opposite, economists say. The U.S. imports more than $900 billion of products from Canada and Mexico, and a 25% tariff is huge given that goods ...
Self-deprecation is the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, disparaging oneself, [1] or being excessively modest. [2] [3] It can be used as a way to make complaints, express modesty, invoke optimal reactions or add humour.