WROTE OFF Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

wrote off

verb

past tense of write off

as in dismissed

to express scornfully one's low opinion of most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock

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as in reduced

to diminish the price or value of that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up

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Recent Examples of wrote off However, a generation that a government minister wrote off as lazy and expendable has exposed the cracks in the system that the chief justice defended. — Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026 Barr also expressed resentment over the way the show wrote off her character, claiming Roseanne Conner died of an opioid overdose. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2026 That process can turn a market everyone else already wrote off into the one that still has return sitting in it. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The Department of Watershed Management wrote off nearly $62 million in water and sewer accounts since 2023, which the audit team noted was an improvement from the years prior. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Some investors wrote off the growing chorus of concern around AI, saying the doomsday talk is a political tactic to encourage government regulation. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Eventually, the firms dumped the valuable slag into waste piles and wrote off the metals inside. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026 Weeks after the anniversary, the FDA proposed a new pathway to speed these therapies to children with ultra-rare disease, a pathway that runs straight through the platform the secretary wrote off. — Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026 Furthermore, Oscar nominees Ruth de Jong and Ellen Mirojnick exceed expectations with their production design and costume design, respectively, which some initially wrote off as too brutalist and minimal in the film’s previews. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

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The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The combination also reduced the hazard of cancer spreading to distant sites or death by 38%.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
In Spain, modern farming methods have reduced the practice of transhumance to a small group of farmers that keep the tradition alive not just for its environmental benefits but also for its cultural value.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

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Whether intentional or unintentional, the creation of new space debris by future space missions must be minimized as much as possible.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Forests may occasionally have to be sacrificed for economic development, said Tuan Vo of Can Tho University, but the damage should be minimized by consulting experts and understanding how changes could affect river flows.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of minimized

Verb

Such a trend, however diminished, persists particularly among constituencies with close institutional ties to the state.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Finally, Nieves encouraged young salsa singers to pursue their dreams, even as radio and other traditional avenues for exposure have diminished.

— Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026

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