Present tense third person singular of depreciate; reduces in value or expresses disapproval.
Same root as depreciated (Latin depreciari), showing the verb conjugation in third person singular or present tense form.
The phrase 'that depreciates the work' is fascinating because it uses the same word for both losing money value AND losing social/cultural respect—language recognizes these as equivalent forms of loss.
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