Both Uses of
deprecate
in
Murder On The Orient Express
- The valet's tone was deprecating.†
Chpt 2.3
- "And it was his murderer speaking!" finished M. Bouc impressively.
Poirot raised a deprecating hand. "Let us not go too fast."
Chpt 3.1 *deprecating = disapproving
Definition:
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(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval