as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors
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Recent Examples of talked down
Baldwin also said district custodians are understaffed, supplied with broken or old equipment, have been denied language interpreters during meetings and are in general talked down to by administrative staff.
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
There’s always a chance that Fetterman’s prospective foes get talked down from the ledge.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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
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
Last week, Ralo took to social media to call Thug a divisive figure who had previously talked down on Rich Homie Quan and YFN Lucci to peers in a similar manner.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Gareth isn’t so easily talked down, however.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
There’s always a chance that Fetterman’s prospective foes get talked down from the ledge.
—Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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
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
Last week, Ralo took to social media to call Thug a divisive figure who had previously talked down on Rich Homie Quan and YFN Lucci to peers in a similar manner.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Gareth isn’t so easily talked down, however.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked down
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The Red Sox had never fired a manger in-season since John Henry purchased the team in 2002, and throughout the franchise’s existence no manager had ever been dismissed midseason so early in the campaign.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last year, dozens of experts who provided independent evaluations for biomedical research were dismissed from National Institute of Health science review boards.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Those fights faded once governments began delineating specific zones where such projects were allowed and impacts could be minimized.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Warsh also minimized the president’s threats against the central bank, asserting that the Fed isn’t actually in any immediate danger of being coerced.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In the fifth inning, Witt ran down a shallow fly ball in left field.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, who are set to challenge the champions on the upcoming Monday Night Raw, ran down to make the save.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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However, Apple hasn’t followed its megacap peers in sinking tens of billions of dollars into building out AI infrastructure, which has diminished the stock’s correlation to the rest of the tech industry.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Still, the music flourished on terrestrial radio and music-video television, two venues for mass musical experiences whose power has diminished drastically in the streaming era.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Yet Trump has shown little interest in inflation and played down the rising energy costs caused by the war prompting Iran to effectively shutter the Strait of Hormuz to oil and natural gas tankers.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Yet Trump has shown little interest in inflation and played down the rising energy costs caused by the war prompting Iran to effectively shutter the Strait of Hormuz to oil and natural gas tankers.—
Josh Boak,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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