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Definition of "discrediting" [discrediting]

  • Present participle of discredit. (verb)

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Use "discrediting" in a sentence
  • "Having been handed them, it has succeeded in discrediting itself in less than forty days."
  • "But could the spectacle of a completely discredited president -- where the discrediting is in effect led by Jim Baker, not by Nancy Pelosi -- putting American soldiers (including Jim Webb's son) in jeopardy for no truly defensible reason, relying only on his legal powers as president, be the trainwreck needed to generate serious discussion of the merits of a fixed-term, non-replaceable (save for criminal misconduct) president?"
  • "Your cheap and amateurish attempt at discrediting someone using a simpleton†™ s logic only succeeds in discrediting yourself."