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discredited

adjective more discredited · most discredited

  1. Considered invalid, unreliable, or untrustworthy. A reputedly valiant but discredited warrior is speared to death by killers in the service of another warrior, who is also reputedly valiant but even more discredited: it is a false denouement for a false tragedy .

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of discredit

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Closest in meaning: ashamed, damaged, disgraced, dishonored, disreputable, shamed, compromised, contradicted, criticised, impeached, infamous, notorious, unreliable, tarnished, defamed, tainted

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"discredited." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/discredited. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{discredited_2026,
  title = {discredited},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/discredited},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}